Growing up we always heard the story of how our parents, Susan and Dan, met and fell deeply in love. Their friends had a hunch that they were meant to be and set them up on a blind date. Three months later our smitten dad proposed with a piece of cellophane he tied around our mom’s finger until he could afford a real ring. Our mom said “yes!” One year later, in 1971, they were married. First came Corey, then Jesse, and finally Lindsay. Our mom kept her original cellophane engagement ring in her jewelry box for 50 years.

Not only was our parents’ love for one another strong, but so is the love in our family. After caring for our parents through their illnesses, and subsequent passing, we sought to do something in their honor. We gathered together as a family and decided to purchase a property to build a wedding venue. None of us have ever done anything like this, but we do have experience working together through obstacles and losses, and also in celebrating triumphs as a family. We wanted to create a special and beautiful place where people could celebrate their most important life events and honor their love for one another. And so began Grangeville Oaks…