Yes, We Eloped. Here’s the Whole Story.

If you’ve been waiting for an announcement, we appreciate your patience — and your restraint for not asking too loudly.

Here’s the thing: the photos and the Ireland trip were booked long before we made things legal. We had a vision for how we wanted to tell this story, and it involved Giant’s Causeway and good light, not a courthouse selfie and a “more details to come” caption.

So we did it our way. We started at Turkey Mountain — because of course we did — and finished it at the edge of the North Atlantic. Two places that mean something. One marriage. We made it official with a friend who happened to be ordained and willing, told approximately seven people, and sat with it for a while before handing it to the internet.
For the observant among you: yes, there was a quiet little post that went up a while back. We posted it and promptly said nothing. If you caught it and wondered, you were right to wonder. Consider yourself a person who pays attention.

You probably saw one or both of us recently. And all we said was soon.

We wanted to wait until we had the photos so we could tell everyone at once, the whole story in one place rather than an announcement that dangled for months without pictures to go with it.

This is it. This is soon.

It felt right to let the story be complete before we told it. Second marriages come with some rather creative international red tape to dodge — we’ll leave it at that — which meant the legal part and the Ireland part happened in a particular order that made a quiet elopement not just romantic but logistically sensible. We’re choosing to lean into the romance.

Ireland was everything. Giant’s Causeway is the kind of place that makes you feel like the earth has opinions. We stood at the edge of the North Atlantic in the wind and it felt exactly right.

The photos are here. The story is whole. And yes — we’re married.

We put together a playlist that tells the whole story in four acts — Turkey Mountain to the North Atlantic and back home to Tulsa. If you want the full liner notes, the stories behind the song choices, and links to all four Spotify playlists, those live here.

— Laurie & David

The Playlist in 4 Acts

Online Guestbook

We kept this quiet for a while. You were gracious enough not to push. Now that the whole story is out — we’d love to hear from you.
Leave us a note. A memory. A strong opinion about the playlist. Whatever feels right. No formal dress code, no word count, no wrong answer.
This is the part where you get to be part of the story too.

All photos are the work of Victoria Whiting who lives a stones throw away from Giants Causeway and knows the area like I know Turkey Mountain. She showed up like a friend with a camera and got to work. You can see the full gallery here.

Here are just a few of our favorites.

📸 Wedding photography by the incredibly talented Victoria Whiting — if you’re planning an elopement on the North Coast of Northern Ireland, she is your person.
victoriawhitingphotography.co.uk