Honeymoon

Thanks to all who helped us make our honeymoon trip happen! We had a great time in Italy and will remember it always.

Playlists from the After Party

Just in case people wanted to have the kickin' tunes we played at the After Party, well here you go. Thanks to Erin Shaffer for helping with setting this up.

Darren's Playlist.zip
File Size: 24 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ol3g4g

Dana's Playlist.zip
File Size: 24 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ky24zb

Amy/Idan PLaylist.zip
File Size: 70 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ug56k5

Bryan's Playlist.zip
File Size: 21 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vqfw9k

File Name: Justin's PLaylist.zip
File Size: 47 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1qff0x

File Name: Christine's Playlist.zip
File Size: 42 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/wxxywu

File Name: Justine.zip
File Size: 81 MB
Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/qshvep

Wedding Poem by Doug Cockrell (Father of the Bride)

Click on image to read

Cheers and Thank You!!!!!!!!!!

Here's to all of you who celebrated with us and in spirit, CHEERS! We appreciate all the love and support we've received! Justin and Christine wouldn't be w/o our friends and family.

A special thanks to Lindsay Noah, Dana Haberling, (Mom) Ann and Mike Carroll, (Mom and Dad) Diane and Dennis Tvedt, (Dad) Doug Cockrell, Dana Browning (photographer), Darren, Reid, Luke, Anna Long, Bryan, Robert, Laura and family, Heidi and family, Randy, Nate, Roger... um sorry if we missed anyone.

Yay! love love all around! We have some of the pictures posted throug picasa, there are more to come : D

Love,
Justin and Christine Tvedt

and now presenting

We applied for our marriage license. The mother of the bride has been really helpful, thank you for your help, mom!

More than anything we're excited to see everyone!

Message from the Tvedt's

Hi All,

If you are coming to Justin and Christine celebration of their Marriage, we able to reserve a block of rooms at two different places, or you could call a hotel of your preference.

Super 8 Note: This is held until Oct. 4th
I-229 & 10th Street Ext #6
Sioux Falls, SD
Ph # 1-605-338-8881 (Must call direct and mention Justin Tvedt & Christine Cockrell Party)
$69.99 + Tax also will give AAA, ARRP discount
King or Queen bed rooms
Indoor Pool & Hot Tub
Continental Breakfast



Hampton Inn Note: This is held until Oct. 10th
2417 South Carolyn Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD
Ph # 1-605-362-1700 (Must call direct and mention Justin Tvedt & Christine Cockrell Party)
$99.00 + Tax
5 King Bed and 10 Doubles bed rooms
Indoor Pool & Hot Tub
Continental Breakfast

The below link will help if you would like to stay at a different location.

http://www.siouxfallscvb.com/contactUs.cfm

More pictures and the 1 month countdown

Dank Haus Sky Lounge by: Dana Browning

Complete engagement photo shoot taken by Dana Browning. We had so much fun, Dana's such a great friend and photographer!!!

We are in the process of getting programs made up and completing the finishing touches. Thanks to the moms and sisters for their help : )

Invitations are out and we're getting super excited to see everyone! Fun times are a'comin' : )

Photos

Here is from our first day of the engagement photo shoot.

Thanks to our friend Dana Browning, who will also be the photographer at the ceremony and after party!

Note about Wyndam Hotel, etc

We were told that for those who are staying at Wyndam Hotel there is a free shuttle that can be scheduled to take you to the Blue Line 'El' stop.

For other hotel info, please see the right hand side panel for links =>.

We will post info about the activities we are planning for Friday and Saturday prior to the wedding.

We hope your summer is going great!

Hotel Option

6810 North Mannheim Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
p.847-297-1234

ROOM BLOCK/RATES
The Wyndham O’Hare is pleased to extend this special guest room rate to your guests over the following dates: Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Monday, October 13, 2008.

Single Rate & Double Rate
99
Triple Rate
109
Quad Rate
119

RESERVATIONS PROCEDURES
It is our understanding that reservations will be handled on an individual basis.

• Please identify that you are part of the Cockrell/Tvedt Wedding Guestroom Block room in order to receive the group rates as indicated .
• Reservations should be made prior to 10/3/2008 12:00:00 AM by calling the Wyndham O’Hare at (847) 297-1234.

**Any reservations made on-line will not be credited toward the master block pick-up.

!!! It is essential that all guest room reservations be made by this date. After the above indicated cut-off date, all guest rooms blocked that have not been assigned to your group will automatically revert back to the Hotel for general sale. Additional rooms required by your attendees after the indicated cut-off date would be extended on a space availability basis only.

CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT
Check-in time is 3:00pm, check-out time is 12:00 Noon. Arrangements for early check-in or late check-out must be approved in advance. Upon request, we will be happy to arrange baggage storage for your guests’ luggage.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
1. Overnight parking in $16 per vehicle (price includes tax).

Save the Dates and Gift Registries

90 days to go!

FYI: Save the Dates were sent out via email. Just in case, check your junk email box because we used our joint email account 'justinehq@gmail.com' and that might be a new account to many of you.

• Please see the links to the right-hand side for our gift registries and we've listed them here:
• Honeymoon Fund - Italy
• Macy's
• Crate & Barrel
• Target
  

!Come back soon if you're interested in booking a hotel around O'hare Airport.

The Dress and other news

We've been working on wedding details, and we're doing a good job of sticking with a laid back feeling so far and I hope we can keep true to that. I bought my dress yesterday : D and I love it... it's a great combo of all that I wanted; a vintage look, not just white (less traditional) and it has a fun shorter length (right in-line with the budget :). Justin's looking for a suit with a vintage style, too.

We're going to send out emails to a few people asking to make playlists for the after party dance music. Be on the look out for that!

Our friend, Luke, is going to officiate. He lives here in Chicago; a calm, wise soul.

We're going to do registries hopefully this week and we'll have more on that soon.

Save the Dates are coming, really.

What else... we'll be channeling our rural roots by having wildflowers and mason jars for center pieces.

Justin is still planning to look into group activities for the days before the ceremony, so if you are wondering when to come maybe consider including a little Chicago sightseeing Friday & Saturday.

Dank Haus

We have booked the after party site: Dank Haus German Cultural Center.
And dinner at The Grafton.

We're hoping that people can either take the train, cab or drive to the neighborhood where there's plenty of free parking, and everything is within walking distance!!!!

Hotels and other accomodations

It's been too long!

So we are finalizing hotel ideas. We were able to negotiate a price of $99 a night out by O'hare. We'll post that info soon. If you want to stay downtown, we suggest www.priceline.com or if you want to stay somewhere simple "Arlington House International Hostel" is an option, it's on the Northside and not far from the train.

Happy Holidays!

Hello all!

We have taken some time off from wedding planning, but we will start back up in the new year by booking the gazebo for the ceremony and starting to get the hotels figured out. Thanks to Dana Browning for the great picture! Also see some more of Dana's work @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theskyiscalling/sets/72157603468944738/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theskyiscalling/sets/72157603350658991/

This was Christine's Bday party at a local bowling alley.

Lincoln Square

To get a little history on the area where we plan to have most of the festivities please go to the lincolnsquare.org site.

Chicago Ceremony Location

We've decided that we're having the wedding ceremony at Welles Park Gazebo right in our neighborhood! Go here for the interesting history of Welles Park. We might or might not have the tuba player at the wedding.... you'll have to wait and see!

The Deal-e-o

What we've decided to do for the blessed event is to have a small (fast) ceremony and dinner in Chicago with a small group then an after party with everyone and anyone. We then are going to have a South Dakota reception to celebrate with family who weren't able to travel to Chicago.

We're still working out the details with venues, but once we have that clear we'll get invitations out.

A Save the Date will be coming via email soon!

Hello!

Hello!
Welcome to the new JustineHQ blog! .

The news... Justin popped the question on Friday, and Christine said YES! This is the engagement ring, by Swiss artist Veto Schmuck (props to him).

The ring was originally picked out at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis but then was found at a local boutique in Chicago called Stitch (cheers to them!).

Justin's wedding band.

THE STORY:
Justin and Christine met in Sioux Falls, SD when they were 16 years old. They worked at Target together : D (still one of our favorite stores). They were friends, dated for a short period and then parted ways. Then 3-4 years later while Christine was working at the UofM Theatre Department she answered an email by a Justin Tvedt who was asking about an audition for a play. Christine wrote back answering his question and then asking if this was the Justin Tvedt from Sioux Falls. Of course, it was him! Justin and Christine met up before Justin moved to Minneapolis to transfer to UofM and before Christine headed off to Italy for a semester. They kept in contact by email until Christine returned.

Since 2001 the couple has supported each other through undergraduate careers, moving to a new city, grad school and taking a risk with new careers.