Pro Baseball Player Ties The Knot With A Modern Destination Wedding In Cabo
When pro baseball player Cole met Victoria, the love of his life, they knew it was meant to be. Both of them are big believers in destiny and while they began planning their wedding in their hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona, they were destined for a grand destination wedding...they just didn't know it yet. The Cape By Thompson popped up on their Instagram feed one day and they fell in love with the idea of having their wedding there–a venue that they already knew and loved from a previous vacay. They hopped on a plane and started the process of planning their dream (destination) wedding in Cabo!
Planning a destination wedding takes a skilled team of vendors, and Victoria and Cole were in good hands with Vivid Occasions. They were able to help the couple navigate the tricky COVID-19 restrictions and even fix a major import issue for one of the couple's custom signs. Vivid Occasions knew how important flowers were to Victoria and they went all out on this all-white floral arch for the ceremony and the sexy red florals for the reception. We love the movement that La76 captured in these lovely photos, especially the couple's portraits on the beach. Keep reading to hear more from the bride, Victoria, herself about how their big day came together. You can see even more from this beautiful wedding in the full gallery.
DESTINED TO BE
Cole and I officially met while visiting Arizona for a mutual friend's birthday celebration. Although some of our friends might argue and say that we crossed paths long before that special day. I was a flight attendant for US Airways based in Phoenix and Cole is a former Arizona Diamondback. We formed many friendships in a mutual circle of friends while we were both working and living in the Grand Canyon State. However, it wasn’t until years later that destiny brought us back together to celebrate the birthday of a dear friend. The timing was perfect. We quickly hit it off and never looked back.
CABO CALLING
After looking at several venues in Scottsdale, AZ, we weren’t able to find a space that felt like “the one”. Either there wasn’t a wow factor like a view that blew us away or the space wasn’t what we envisioned for our big day. Cabo is one of our favorite destinations, so after seeing photos on IG of weddings being held at The Cape, we said why not Cabo? Everyone is going to be flying in from all over anyway so why not give them a vacation to an amazing destination while they’re at it. Also, I loved the idea of incorporating a little Latin flair into the wedding festivities to tie in my Spanish roots. We celebrated my birthday at The Cape a couple years prior and loved everything about our stay. The hospitality, the food, the beautiful modern architecture of the hotel, and you can’t beat the views/sunsets. We started following The Cape on IG shortly after returning from Cabo. Around the same time, we started venue shopping, we saw the hotel posting beautiful wedding photos with the backdrop of the rocks for the ceremony and the reception on the rooftop with fireworks going off. It looked stunning so we took it as a sign. We are both big believers in signs of the universe and that was that.
SWITCHING THINGS UP
I always envisioned an all-white wedding, it’s just so beautiful, timeless, and elegant. The plan was originally to do all white for everything. However that all changed when I saw the wedding of DJ Tiesto in Vogue magazine. I loved the deep reds with black and gold accents, it felt very sexy and romantic. After running the idea by our planners we decided to keep the all-white for the ceremony and then flip a switch for the reception to get the party started.
A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD
I was very excited about our acrylic signage that I custom ordered all the way from Australia. Unfortunately, it got held up at customs and never made it to Cabo due to missing paperwork. There was nothing we could do to get them in time so our amazing planners quickly went to work. They saved the day by finding a company in Cabo who could work with the templates sent over from Australia and put a rush order on all the pieces. Another issue we had was more so Covid related. Since the passport agencies were closed for so long, we had some guests who weren’t able to obtain their passports in time. We expected there to be some last-minute hiccups since it wasn’t normal circumstances. In the end, we were just grateful that we were able to have our wedding and for everyone that was able to celebrate with us.
THE BEST PART
I loved everything about our wedding day, getting ready with my girls, dancing the night away with all our favorite people under a sky full of stars and fireworks, but my favorite memory by far has to be walking down the aisle holding my dad's arm and then seeing Cole standing there in front of the most stunning backdrop, staring at me with a huge smile on his face followed by blowing me a kiss. It was something out of a movie scene.
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE BRIDE
Have a team that you trust with your vision so you can relax and be present the entire day. It goes by so fast so let others deal with the stress for you. You spend months, some even years, preparing for this special day so enjoy every second and don’t sweat the little things. Everything will be perfectly imperfect and beautiful in the end.
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- Ceremony Music: Cabo Strings
- Event Planning & Design: Vivid Occasions
- Flowers: Vivid Occasions
- Reception & Cocktail Music: Teeven
- Rentals: Del Cabo Event Design
- Venues: The Cape By Thompson
- Wedding Films: Hart Cinema
- Wedding Photographers: La76