Flynn & Ivy

10/13/2026

❤️ 25 YEARS ❤️

25 years ago today, I married the smoking-hot guy I first spotted while shoving a Subway sandwich in my mouth. 😂

I was 19 when I met Mike, and somehow I immediately knew: that’s my husband.

Turns out, I was right.

What I couldn’t have known was the life we’d build together.

We started as two college kids living in a trailer court. Then came a home, businesses, babies—lots of babies 😂—some really wild stories, tremendous joy, unimaginable heartbreak, and a whole lot of life.

Through all of it, Mike has been Mike.
The fun dad. The hard worker. The guy who loves people and will talk to absolutely anyone (I will not 😂). The one who pushes all of us to be better, but is always standing behind us cheering us on.

And the husband who has spent 25 years supporting approximately 947 of my wild ideas.

Which eventually led to perhaps my wildest one yet...

Buying a wedding venue. 🤍

There’s something beautifully full-circle about that.

I was once the 21-year-old bride whose reception venue canceled a month before her wedding. My hair was butchered, the cake flowers were forgotten, Mike nearly scalped me with my veil 😂, and our photographer ruined almost all of our pictures after the ceremony.

Our wedding wasn’t perfect.

But our marriage has been better than I ever could have imagined.

And maybe that’s part of why Flynn & Ivy means so much to me.

Today I get to help other couples create the day they’ve dreamed about—but after 25 years, I know something I didn’t understand at 21:

The wedding is only the beginning. The really good stuff comes after.

And 27 years after I first looked across that kitchen table at Mike...

I’d still pick him. Every single time. ❤️

Happy 25th anniversary, Mike.

And because Flynn & Ivy wouldn’t exist without a husband who rarely tells me no 😂, we’re celebrating by giving another couple $500 toward their Flynn & Ivy wedding!

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Winner announced Thursday, Oct. 15th.

Here’s to the weddings—but even more importantly, here’s to the marriages. 🥂

10/11/2026

10/09/2026

5 days until 25 years. ❤️

If you read the first part of our story, you know I decided pretty much immediately that Mike was going to be my husband.

Thankfully, he eventually came to the same conclusion. 😂

By the spring of 2001, we’d been together a little over two years.

What I didn’t know was that Mike had already bought my engagement ring—and had been holding onto it for THREE MONTHS.

He had a whole plan.

He wanted to wait until it was snowing, take me outside beneath a streetlight, and propose while the snow fell around us.

Romantic, right?

Except the snow apparently didn’t get the memo. 😂

So on April 1, 2001, after we’d gone out for dinner, Mike told me he needed to stop at his business partner’s house.

I remember thinking it was a little odd.

What I didn’t know was that his business partner had been hiding my ring at his house.

Mike ran inside, got the ring, came back to the car and casually asked if I wanted to go to the park.

Sure.

Although I distinctly remember thinking it was COLD. 😂

We walked over to the lighthouse in the middle of the park and started climbing the staircase that wrapped around it.

I was walking ahead of him.

At some point I realized he wasn’t right behind me anymore.

So I turned around.

And there he was.

On one knee.❤️

I don’t remember what he said.

I don’t remember what I said.

I just remember immediately morphing into Cloud 9.

I’m pretty sure I floated for the next several months.

And apparently I was floating pretty high, because it wasn’t until MONTHS LATER that it dawned on me...

**This man proposed to me on APRIL FOOL’S DAY.** 🤦‍♀️😂

Thankfully, he wasn’t kidding.

Six months later, I married him.

5 days until 25 years. ❤️

10/06/2026

**One week from today, this ridiculously young couple will have been married for 25 YEARS.** 🤯❤️

So for the next week, I’m going to embarrass us both by digging through old pictures and telling a little bit of our story.

Starting with how we met...

Because neither one of us was actually supposed to be on the date. 😂

I worked at Cabela’s with a guy named Chris. Chris liked my roommate, Rochelle, and wanted to take her out. Rochelle was nervous about going alone, so I tagged along.

Chris didn’t want to be the odd man out, so he brought his roommate.

**Mike.**

We were 19 and in college.

And I swear to this day—the SECOND I saw him, I knew he was going to be my husband.

Very romantic.

Except I was sitting at his kitchen table shoving a Subway sandwich into my mouth when this revelation occurred. 😂

I just remember looking at him and thinking he was SO HOT.

Thankfully I didn’t choke.

We met February 4, 1999.

A few days later he showed up at my dorm room with flowers and gave me a ride to class.

By Valentine’s Day, we were officially dating.

And I’m pretty sure we were together every single day from that point on.

I was a goner. ❤️

Apparently 19-year-old me knew exactly what she was talking about.

**7 days until 25 years.**

And yes...I have pictures. 😬😂

10/01/2026

The details you may never notice are the ones we never skip. 🤍

Yes—every event gets this much attention.

Because when you walk through our doors, Flynn & Ivy should feel like it was prepared just for you.

**Every event. Every time.**

09/29/2026

🚨 PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

It appears we have a Peeping Tom in the area.

Evidence was discovered on the back door of Flynn & Ivy. 🐾

If you have any information regarding this suspicious individual, please report it to the proper authorities immediately.

We have questions. 😂

09/26/2026

These beauties are becoming quite the regulars at weddings. ✨

Our oversized gold candelabras have quickly become one of our most popular rentals—and they’re out celebrating at another wedding as we speak!

Feathers, florals, candles…dress them up and make them completely your own. 🤍

Available from the Flynn & Ivy rental collection.

09/25/2026

2027 is filling with love stories. 🤎

Another date just claimed.

Is yours next?

Flynn & Ivy
Rooted in history. Made for celebration.

09/22/2026

Well, this made my day. 🥹🤍

A sweet review from a local photographer who recently spent a wedding day with us at Flynn & Ivy.

When someone who sees a LOT of wedding venues has kind things to say about ours… that hits a little different. 🥹

Thank you, Sugar Divas Photography. We loved having you here! 🤍

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09/20/2026

Flynn & Ivy out in the wild. 🥹🤍

We love getting to see our rental pieces become part of your celebrations — especially moments this sweet. 🩷🩵

Beautiful work by:
🩵Wild J Floral Co - floral arrangements
🩵Four Arrows Aerial LLC - drone color reveal
🩵Aunt Niki’s Cookies - tea pot and golf cart cookies

Planning a shower or celebration?

Our rental collection is available even when your event isn’t at Flynn & Ivy.