Drew and Cassie were supposed to be getting married today, August 22nd, 2020. However, like many 2020 engaged couples, they made the difficult, yet responsible and selfless, decision to postpone their wedding to 2021.
The COVID pandemic may have altered some significant plans, but it could not stop us, their best friends, from celebrating the two of them. August 9th, 2020 is now a forever special day in our book.
So, for a little back story…
Drew’s family owns an island. A quaint, beautiful island in Spirit Lake, Idaho.
The island has so much history. There are several photo albums and stories dating back to 1910, when these adorable cabins were built on the island. For the last 50 years, Drew’s family has kept the island very exclusive and only invited small groups of relatives and extended family… until 2020. This was the first “Friend Island Trip” where Drew and Cassie generously shared their little piece of heaven and invited their close group of friends to come experience the magic.
Just like any annual friend trip (this is going to be annual, right Cass and Drew?), each couple was assigned one night of the week to be on dinner duty. While said couple takes over the kitchen on their designated night, everyone else enjoys cocktails and a charcuterie board down on the dock. Hannah, of course, had the creative and genius idea to throw a little wedding celebration for our island hosts on her dinner night. Cass and Drew were minding their own business playing corn-hole, boating, and enjoying happy hour on the dock, and were completely clueless as to what was being orchestrated up at the cabin. Hannah and Derek were crafting up a gourmet meal in the kitchen and on the grill, Johnna was making the cake and decorating, and the rest of us were keeping Drew and Cass distracted with casual island life. Hannah had menus designed, custom place settings, photos printed, the whole shebang! She had put so much thought into this. I was honestly tearing up as they were setting the table and lighting the candles before showtime, it was such a special setting, and I knew how special this place in general was to Drew, Cassie, and their family.
The look on Cassie and Drew’s face was priceless. Here they were, hosting 10 of us on Friend Island for a week, and had no idea they were going to have a small, intimate wedding celebration, too! The entire evening was one I will never ever forget. I’ll let the video speak for itself. Below are the minimal photos I snapped of the “ramblence of a wedding day” but I really focused most on the video, as I wanted them to be able to re-live this magical evening for the rest of their lives. BEST WEDDING EVER!!! “The wedding that could never ever be repeated".”
Cass and Drew, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
(PSA: Everyone was COVID-tested upon arriving to the island)
