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While they were officially married on Friday, Aug. 25, with an intimate church ceremony, Brooke Foster and Alex Rier decided to<br />
host another wedding the next day on the beach on West Okoboji Lake and include all of their friends and family.<br />
They eventually decided: Why<br />
choose? And just decided to do both.<br />
“My sister got married in 2<strong>02</strong>0 in<br />
a small dock ceremony with just our<br />
families and I loved how intimate and<br />
nice that was and then they did their<br />
party a year later after COVID. I really<br />
liked that idea,” Brooke said. “We decided<br />
to get married on Friday, Aug.<br />
25, with our immediate families and<br />
grandparents at St. Joseph’s and then<br />
have the beach ceremony with all of<br />
our friends and family all together the<br />
next day.”<br />
They were married by a longtime<br />
family friend Zach Jones. The couple’s<br />
siblings participated in the ceremony<br />
by doing readings and it was<br />
just a beautiful, intimate wedding —<br />
which is exactly what they wanted.<br />
They each had their own sibling<br />
stand up for them as maid of honor<br />
and best man.<br />
“It was beautiful.”<br />
Following the ceremony at the<br />
church, the couple headed, where<br />
else but to their rehearsal for the wedding<br />
the next day.<br />
“We had the dinner rehearsal at<br />
The Tavern and rented out the whole<br />
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