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perfect dress.
“I didn’t think I wanted a traditional wedding
dress, and then I went and tried them on and fell in
love with a beautiful dress by this Israeli designer. It
has big sleeves and embroidery and a big train. It
was a lot and definitely a wedding dress, but I love
it,” Regan said.
Joel matched Regan’s style by having a tux custom
made in Denver, which is close to where the
couple lives in Loveland, CO.
They had their ceremony at Gull Point and then
took to the water after a cocktail hour complete with
cigars from a local cigar shop.
The reception was held on The Queen II as it
cruised around West
Okoboji Lake with the
bridal party and all
their friends and family
which numbered
around 150.
“We wanted something
a little bit unique
and we wanted to have
a really big fun party/
celebration, so we had it on The Queen, and it was
really fun,” Regan said.
It was a three-hour-tour of fun, food and dancing.
The food was catered by The Ritz and it was a
fun mix of nibbles including sliders, mini wedge
salads, mac and cheese and more, to enjoy while
dancing and gazing out at the water.
There was no formal cake cutting as the couple
didn’t want to go that traditional wedding route with
dessert. Instead, they decided to just go traditional
“Okoboji.”
“We had Nutty Bars instead. We had them in a
freezer on the Queen and then toward the end of the
dance, they made an announcement to grab one.
Then as we were walking off the boat, we had Pizza
Ranch just waiting so we could have a little snack
when we got off the boat,” Regan said.
It was a dream come true.
“We really did have so much fun. We talk about it
all the time. It was truly like a dream,” Regan said. •
Instead of a traditional
wedding cake, Regan and
Joel Guthrie treated their
guests to Nutty Bars.
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