Meet allison & derek
07.29.17
The day I will marry my best friend. The one i laugh with, live for, dream with, and love.
We did not have the traditional first date. It was the summer of 2011 and we joined a group of friends camping at Shawnee National Reserve. We set up camp next to Jackson Falls. We spent the weekend hiking, rock climbing, swimming and star gazing. It was during that weekend that we fell for each other. Excitement for a relationship engulfed our minds causing elation and joy abound without thoughts of anything else. Love was in the air and blossomed into a fantastic infatuation that eventually led to a strong unbreakable bond between us. The way we felt about each other that weekend melted our hearts into a pool of serenity and peaceful bliss, knowing that we had found a true soulmate and life partner.
The first date
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The proposal
I have always loved musicals and liked to tease Derek about having never seen a musical together. He booked dinner and bought tickets to Book of Mormon in Peoria. I knew something was up, because I am usually the planner of the two of us. We enjoyed a nice dinner together. I had stepped away to go to the restroom. While I was gone, Derek had ordered champagne. When I came back, Derek had asked me to marry him. I said yes. We then toasted to our engagement and enjoyed an evening together of celebration.
Kuh's Estate & Farm
July 29, 2017
Join us on
To Celebrate Our Wedding at
allison & derek are registered at
bed, bath & beyond
13080 Spanish Pond Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63138
cocktails, dinner, & dancing
following the ceremony
Respectfully, this is an
adults only affair.
The ceremony & reception
will be held outside, please dress accordingly.
amazon &
A block of rooms has been reserved at
Country Hearth Inn & Suites
1013 Plummer Drive
Edwardsville, ILlinois 62025
(618) 656-7829
Reference Bugger Hamilton wedding for group rate
Our wedding ceremony and reception will be held at Kuhs Estate & Farm at 13080 Spanish Pond Road, St. Louis, Missouri.
Built on the bluffs of the Missouri River in the early part of the last century, Kuhs Estate & Farm is located in North County (I-270 Riverview Drive exit). This venue is within a half hour of Troy, Illinois, as well as downtown St. Louis.
Originally home to prehistoric Indians, and later the storage site of gunpowder, munitions and essential supplies for the Lewis and Clark westward expedition, it is a designated ‘Landmark Preservation Areas’ for its historic significance. The land on which the estate sits was home to Aboriginal Native Americans, circa the 1200's, and still is the final resting place for many of the tribe and their primitive artifacts.
The property was later bought by Edward L. Kuhs and has sunken gardens, a two hundred year old oak tree, and a Gazebo overlooking the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri river.