Summertime Lookout Lodge Wedding

Lora and Jarod married on a gorgeous July day at The Lookout Lodge, and their story is fantastic!

How did the two of you meet?
Jarod and Lora met through a mutual friend back in 2015 from an initial introduction of, “Hey Lora, this is my friend, Jarod. You mind if he joined us in our game session tonight?”. Ever since that meeting and a few games of League of Legends, the eventual titles of boyfriend and girlfriend came to be in the following 2016 summer, and a relationship full of encouragement, support, humor, and love bloomed and continues to grow to this day.

Tell us the proposal details.
At one point in January of 2020, Jarod stopped answering Lora’s texts for 2 hours and provided the reason he had accidentally fallen asleep. In actuality, he was finding her the most perfect birthday present: an engagement ring, his plans only known by his and Lora’s families. A few weeks later, in February, Lora was taken to get her nails done by her sister as a part of her birthday gift and was given a gift card to a local boutique to find a new outfit. If that wasn’t fishy enough, Jarod was asking Lora about the best places to fly a drone in Port Angeles, a place where it had beautiful scenery. The night before the day, Jarod made his trip over and was a nervous wreck. He would hardly look Lora in the eye, and kept providing the excuse that the drive over was draining. The next day, February 29th, was the stormiest day of the week. Pouring rain, high winds, cold temperatures. Lora insisted that they fly the drone another day, but Jarod was insistent on flying it. He also wanted to go a place that Lora didn’t know, so her sister helped direct them (of course, she was in on it too). Once arriving, Jarod took out the drone and was determined to make it fly. Then, once it was as stable as could be amidst the wind and rain, he got down on one knee and posed the infamous question. Of course, Lora’s answer was, “Yes”.

Is there a reason you chose The Lookout Lodge as your venue?
Lora loves the outdoors and the beautiful scenery that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. The Lookout Lodge had exactly that!

Lookout Lodge Vendor Team

Venue
The Lookout Lodge

Planner
Jamie of The Lookout Lodge

Hair & Makeup
Bride and friends

Catering/Bartending
Shawn O’Donnells

Rentals/Decor
Sweet Buffet Lady

Videographer
Jez W Films

Baker
That Takes the Cake

DJ
Puget Sound DJ

Officiant
Pastor Brandon Hudson of the Vine Church

Photographer
GSquared Weddings Photography

Meet your photographers.

We’re Kate (she/her) and Josh (he/him). Married humans, emotional chaos wranglers, coffee worshippers, timeline nerds, Marvel fanatics, and occasional ugly criers at weddings. (Okay, maybe more than occasional. Look, vows get us. Every damn time.) Kate has been photographing since 1997 and Josh picked up the camera in 2011. We’ve done over 600 weddings together, including wedding coordination (sometimes we even get to do both at the same time!) 600+ weddings → “That’s 600 families who trusted us to be invisible magic and backup problem-solvers.” 14 years → “We’ve seen it all — and we know how to handle anything without making it your problem.” Coordination → Kate is also a certified coordinator which gives that extra boost for you during planning and on the day itself “We don’t just photograph your day — we keep it flowing, calm, and meaningful.”

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if you’re ready to just sit down and chat with us, we totally understand! You can schedule a meeting time below, but just know that we will cancel the meeting if we are unavailable for your date.