Wedding Day

Idaho Guest Ranch

Guests Arrive to Lazy R Ranch

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Grand Entrance

Dinner

Family Friendly Reception

After Party Reception

Our Wedding

Joseph's Story:It all started with an online crush… about 6 years ago, a friend of mine shared a gorgeous piece of artwork on her Instagram story. I clicked on the page and it led me to the artist of this stunning piece. And that artist… was… you guessed it! Cassie King. THE Cassie King. Immediately I was crushin on her pretty hard but saw she was in a relationship and I was livin the dude ranch life and travelin all over in off seasons so there was nothing there to pursue at the time. But as years passed, we would comment on each other’s stories and chat casually here and there and really fed off of and admired one another’s artistic sides. And one time I drunk invited her to hangout with me at 5 AM while I was living hours away on a ranch. Naturally.&nbsp;I had hopped off of social media for a while and had some pretty life changing events that led me back to the treasure valley, which is something that I had never wanted to do. But about a month and a half after moving back home, I was swimming with my friends Piko n TJ out on the boise river off of warm springs Ave and as we were walking back to the car I had the thought come into my head clear as day “I think Cassie King lives in Boise, I should message her” and right then I grabbed my phone and shot her a message seeing if she was in the area and wanted to hangout. I was too eager to message her that I hadn’t even bothered to look and see if she had ditched the dude she was with years before or not before sending the message. And lucky for me, she had! We had planned to hangout in a couple of weeks and Cassie didn’t wanna talk too too much before hanging out so that we actually had stuff to talk about in person, but I kept finding little ways of sneaking in conversation in that time and I don’t think we went more than a day without talking. When we FINALLY hung out, I just had this natural draw to Cassie. We went rock hounding out in the Owhyee mountains and we got our nervous jitters out on the car ride there thankfully and would stop hounding to hug each other randomly throughout the night hounding in the desert. After picking up more than enough agates for our first hound together, I played my guitar and Cassie danced under the most perfect desert sunset. It was a magical night and I had such a hard time sleeping that night when I got home from just riding this crazy high of feeling so free with the most beautiful woman inside and out that I had ever met. It literally felt like I was living a dream and I didn’t want it to end… and it never did. Cassie and I began to adventure together and camp every weekend the first summer we spent time together and the rest is history. From the first time we spent time together, I knew I wanted to be with Cassie. I tried to play it cool and not freak her out with how excited I was every time I got to see her and I pretended that I was afraid of getting in an actual relationship. But days rolled into weeks, and months, and years and Cassie and I fell more and more in love with every season. I proposed to Cassie in November of last year in the little farm house we currently live in, on the farm that we work at. I’ve never been so nervous in my life even though I was fairly confident she was gonna say yes haha. Cassie has changed my life in all the best ways and I just absolutely adore her and love who she is to the core. I never knew that this level of love was a feeling that existed until I met Cassie and fell in love with her.&nbsp;&nbsp;I love our story so damn much and I am beyond excited for the next chapter of our lives: Marriage babyyyyy!!!

Cassie's Story:March of 2022 I took a trip to Forks, WA with my best friend Kristine where we stayed in a little motel near the rainforest. At some point during the night, we both began talking about our dream men we wanted to be with. I told her I wanted a guy who was wild. A guy who was artistic-perhaps a musician- with shoulder length brown hair. A guy who was adventurous, funny, someone who would be my best friend. I told her I had a feeling he was living either in Montana or Colorado being a cowboy. I wanted a guy who was kind to me, someone who showed his love and held respect for me. A guy who was genuinely kind-hearted to all those in his life. (You wouldn't believe it, but I actually was not thinking of Joseph as I was listing all of these qualities). We went on for 3 hours, so I won't type out everything I said, but when Joseph messaged me in June of 2022, I couldn't believe this "dream guy" I had manifested was actually now in my life.I had been friends with Joseph online for years but never really talked to him, except the occasional Instagram story response to a video of him playing music and singing. Little did he know, his music always inspired my paintings.Our first date was rockhounding agates out in the Owyhee desert and as the day came to an end, he played some songs while I danced barefoot under the most beautiful sunset that stretched across the entire sky. A dream come true for us both. I was hooked.However, it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine. I had lost my only sibling, my younger brother, just 9 months prior to meeting Joseph and I was struggling to get through life. It may be cliche to say, but Joseph saved me in a way. He put "fun" back into my life. He reconnected me to my wild, to myself. We spent summer nights under the full desert moon, branding each other with our initials on our fifth date, howling and running through the mountains picking wildflowers, sleeping in a tent off the side of highways or directly under the stars on a foam pad. I would drive and he would sing and play songs on his guitar as we flew down highways through evergreens to reach a cove on the coast of California or the red rocks of Utah, stopping to make roadside wildflower bouquets along the way. I had never felt so free.Joseph was so patient as I worked through my grief and always gave me a safe, soft landing in his arms. His acceptance to love me where I was, exactly how I was, allowed me to stare life directly in the face and realize that sometimes things happen that will never be understood or explained, good and bad. The worst thing had happened to me, but the best thing to happen to me was right next to me staring up at the stars, holding me and twirling me and laughing with me and loving me. I will never understand how I got so lucky to love and be loved by Joseph. My heart has never felt this safe to love and my soul has never felt this free to be loved as my true self. I am forever grateful and in awe of his emotional awareness, his humor, his kindness, his spontaneity, his wild, his love for adventure, his love for his family and friends, his talent, his creativity, and...let's all admit it...his great looks :)I cannot wait to marry Joseph, my best friend, my howdy partner, and I cannot WAIT for the adventures that lie ahead for us as husband and wife &lt;3

Mid-morning sun flares lead me to find you and your guitarColored in vintage sepia and laced in 70s seductionSerenading all the passerbys off highway 55Just 45 days after our first sunsetThat swept me off my feet and kept me questioning what the fuck just happenedFairy flowers and young skin&nbsp;Give me an open road with you next to me and I'm the luckiest girl aliveThe spirit of August sun cradles our smilesBright and blinding in its fury of raysBut I see nothing but you, a cowboy turned lumberjackHatchet in hand and&nbsp;A face full of wildflowersMy red dress flies as you spin me through the circle of forest fairy treesStanding tall and devout to provide magic in our honorTheir sacrificed member on the ground beside usYour sweat in his bark and his bark in our hairAnd he calls in the luck of the adventureThe adventure of life and of this dayDecorated in decayed and brittle butterfly wingsI hold them in the palm of my handSo fragile and delicate and begging to be sent away in the windBut you keep me here with your touch and your kindness and your wildAnd you don't even realize it, but maybe you doLet's lay here and walk there and twirl each other through open fields of blue skies and a breezeWeightlessYou hold me and I smileI see green Deadwood trees between the slits of your fingers and my hair tugs gently with each weave as you adorn me in purples and reds and yellows&nbsp;And the white flower we spent all day trying to findOnly to realize it's symbolic of breaking love spells - all my hard work gone to waste,Who needs white flowers anyway when we're anything but bleached and dullI'd rather us saturated in colorFull of gold sunshine and laughter and freedomOf wild cries into the skies of dirt roads and hot skinI've always said I'd love a man who plaits wildflowers into my hairAnd I whisper this into the breath between us with every flower I place into yoursAnd every flower you place into mine

Fairy flowers and young skin

My back touches the woolThat touches the tableThat touches the earth floorThat rests under your feetThe tops of the redwoodsAnd the starts beyond themJust last night the evening light opened our eyes and found a moment we weren't expecting to haveYour eyes became golden and they filled with a glimmer that only happens with loveAnd you grabbed my face and your cheeks turned red as you laughed and tried to express yourself but all that came out was a stumble of words that told me you wished I could be in your mind to feel and to knowEverything you are feeling and knowingTwilight zone, familiarOur energy stretches between timelinesAnd we grab our clothes and run to the carOpen windows with flying hair and dancing hands, breathing in the curves of the coastal road to Volcano ChoirYou grab my hand and we -run laugh scream howl- down the hill until our toes touch the sand and the sky blushes a pink sherbert breath into a rainbow sunset and everything in the moment of our own worlds and freedom feelsj u s tas it is supposed to

Bygones and Sunsets

Our Story

Photos

Mac, we met at a drum circle in 2016 and I immediately felt a soul connection with you. It was so nice to be able to have someone there who was accepting, trusting, and someone who would hold me accountable in healing and growing spiritually. You grew to be one of my closest and best friends, experiencing life together through the good and bad, fun and mundane. You're the girl I go to concerts with, my Mamma Mac at festivals ("Blot bitch, blot!" hahaha), my arts and crafts partner to make vision boards with. You're my poetry QUEEN- seriously...how can you make words feel so powerful? You're the friend I watch 4th of July fireworks and float down the river on paddleboards with, laughing so hard we can't breathe. You're the sister I never had, who showed up for me immediately the day my brother passed away and was my sturdy ground throughout the intense grief. You light up my life with your authenticity, your silliness, your grounded presence. When we were thinking of who our officiant would be, you're the only person we both wholeheartedly knew we wanted to perform the sacred act of marrying us. I don't think I could ever truly express my deep gratitude for you, but I will always, always keep trying. We both love you, Mac, and I will always love you to pieces, PEACHES! 

Mac Storey

Oh Teeny, thank god you spit your gum out in 7th grade English class, watching it slowly roll down the outside of the trash can and creating an awkward laughing bond between us. We took that awkward laughing bond and turned it into giggling our way to survival for the last 20 years. I wouldn't wanted to have created Happytopia, or gone streaking in the middle of winter, or have had lunchtime rooftop parties with anyone else. Not to mention making it through border patrol into Canada to go ziplining through wildfires, across the world to Poland to eat 50 pierogies a day, a national park trip to Montana where we gave ourselves tattoos, a coastal camping excursion to Oregon to make beaded bracelets in our matching pjs, a trip to Alaska where we could not figure out the bus systems to save our lives, and so so many hiking trips around the Seattle area. And of course, the trip to Forks where I manifested the cowboy I'm going to be marrying. The guy on rollerblades from the future may have cursed us, but I'm glad I have you as a best friend to get through life with, sometimes wailing on the floor together, but most of the time smiling and whispering to each other thinking no one else can hear. Bess, I love you and I'm so honored to have you as my Maid of Honor. 

Kristine Delapena

The first cousin and first best friend I ever had! Celeste, I'm so glad we got to grow up with so much cousin time when we were young. Raiding grandma's shoe collection as soon as we got to her house, just a couple of toddlers clomping around in her high heels. Disney princess dresses, barbies, pretend gibberish phone calls ("You're just...shtupid!" hahaha) and endless laughter were our cups of tea. Growing older, I loved the summers we got to spend together- dumpster diving and building new inventions out of the stuff we would find, stealing and eating all of the rhubarb from the garden, sleeping under the stars on the trampoline, dyeing our hair with markers, dyeing our barbie's hair with Kool-Aid, munching on dog food, and writing "swear" words in the toy cardboard house you had. You always brought the laughter out of anyone who was nearby- except the time you and Michael painted the ceiling of the motorhome with green and purple sunscreen...my dad sure wasn't laughing about that hahaha. I'm so proud of the woman you've grown up to be through all the hard things life brings. You are such a great mom to your kids and your fur babies. I'm so grateful you are my cousin, my friend, and now one of my bridesmaids. I love you!!

Celeste Sampson

Brittnee! My cool cousin. The bees knees. The chillest person ever. I'm so lucky to have you as my cousin. I've loved watching your creativity grow with you as you've gotten older through various artistic hobbies like playing your guitar and photography. I also love watching how you are with your younger siblings and niece and nephew; you can tell how much love and care you have for them and vice versa. You're so genuine and true to yourself and I respect that you are someone anyone can count on if they need anything at all. You have such a big heart and so much kindness within you. I'm so happy that we spent so many summers and holidays together growing up, and I'm sorry you were the younger cousin and received all the pranks from Celeste, Kellan, Michael and I... but you sure gave us lots of laughs haha :) I loved when we would do runway shows for your mom with the costumes from the dress up closet, decked out in feathered boas and sequin dresses... and I love knowing that you weren't a terrible hamster owner...hamsters just hibernate hahaha. I'm SO so proud to have you as my family and as a friend. Thank you for being one of my bridesmaids &lt;3 I love you!!

Brittnee Collins

Hannah, you were the first out of Joseph's 5 sisters that I met and I'll never forget how welcoming and kind you were to me and made me feel so at ease. You are one of the most beautiful souls I've come across and you have a heart that is so giving and filled with so much love. I've loved the talks that we've had and getting to hang out together at Joseph's shows. I appreciate your deep love for nature and how you use nature to create art (specifically those crowns out of tree bark). You are such a good aunt to your nieces and nephews, and I love that you're always playing with them when they're around.  I love that you are always authentic and speaking your truth, leading with the bravery of always being yourself. I truly feel so lucky to be able to have connected with you in the ways we have, and I can't say enough how blessed I feel to be gaining you as a sister-in-law! I love you, Hannah! 

Hannah Valencia

Sarah- the funniest of Joseph's sisters ;) I appreciate your sense of humor so much and your authentic personality. I love how much value you hold for family, and I love getting to witness how AMAZING of a mother you are to your four kids. I love that you celebrate and protect the individuality of each of them and offer them such a fun outlook on life, while also making sure they always feel so incredibly loved. I secretly consider you superwoman with how much you do on a daily basis taking care of your kids, goats, cows, Biscuit, and offering a hand to those close to you whenever they need it. You have been so selfless helping us with wedding shenanigans and I can't thank you enough. Getting to know you better over the years has been one of my favorite things and I know that whatever the family function is, if you're going to be there, I'm going to be laughing. Who knew someone could be drop dead gorgeous AND hilarious. Love you!!! So happy to be gaining you as a sister-in-law :)

Sarah Albertson

Piko, my best friend since I was 3 or 4 years old. All started with him walking across the street in our neighborhood to ask if I wanted to ride bikes. So many of my childhood core memories consist of playing basketball and night games and nights full of laughter with Payton and his brothers Braxton and Miki and my sisters. Piko has been there for me in legitimately every stage of life. He's a blanket of safety and love for so many people. I was scared of the world as a kid but if my best friend was with me, I wasn't ever afraid. Even as adults in our young twenties making some questionable and potentially dangerous decisions, I was never afraid as long as he was there doing it with me. His capacity to love, accept, and care is second to none. We've watched each other learn and grow and fall in love with our very soon to be wives and I've been lucky enough to see you become the most amazing family man to your sweet Mia and little Kulani. Love you so much Sole.  A1 since day 1 baby.

Payton AhYou

Oh god. How to make this appropriate and concise... IDK man, this is gonna be tough. Danny Boy Blue, DP, Danny Palmy. God I love you dude. Fuck that "in-law" shit. You're my BROTHER and you know it. Daniel married my sister Hilary and he and I really started hittin it off when I started working with them up on a dude ranch in northern Idaho. I don't think there's a funnier person on the planet that Daniel Palmer. I loved spending time with him so much that in the dude ranch off seasons I followed he n Hil to Pocatello just cause I wanted to spend more and more time together. Daniel can walk more miles than you, I promise. This guy is unstoppable on trail and he's always had my back. One time I got put in a gnarly chicken wing hold by a 230 pound dude on the ranch and 130 pound DP spider monkeyed his way up the wall and over this dude and saved my life and sent the dude packin. Thanks for the constant laughs n loyalty Palmer. Love you so much, brother.

Mark Daniel Ray Palmer

Parker is another brother- in - law of mine married to my sister, Sarah. Parker and I actually met on the basketball court in high school as enemies haha. Nah, never enemies but opponents and competitors. Parker loves to help and provide opportunities for people. He also has a genuine curiosity about anyone's interests and he will ask you every question imaginable about them. One of your best qualities in my opinion. Never small talk just to talk. He wants to know the ins and outs of your interests and hobbies.  Since I moved back to the treasure valley our relationship has grown tremendously. From my brother - in - law to one of my very good friends. Parker has helped me achieve goals with the amazing and incredibly selfless opportunities he's provided. He's made a great name for himself in the valley and I'm always honored to say that he's my brother - in - law at any opportunity. 

Parker Albertson

Dustin and I go all the way back to 5 years old where we met at church of all places and became friends instantly. Just like with Payton, I have countless childhood core memories with Dustin. Dustin is the ultimate handyman and the most willing to help at any time guy I know and he has a damn heart of a lion, this guy. With all our moving around we've done in our adult lives, we've never drifted apart and would always call to see how things were going in our necks of the woods and always make time to hangout whenever we were both in town. I can count on Dustin for anything. He is Mr. Reliable and has got a great sense of humor and is just all around a top notch human being and friend. And... he did outscore me in our final game of varsity state basketball as seniors and loves to tell people, so here ya go brother, now everyone knows (; Love you man, thanks for being as solid of a friend as they come.

Dustin Hutchings

PJ!!! Where to begin with this guy hahaha. TJ and I met freshman year of high school and I actually didn't like him very much haha. I thought that he thought he was SoooOOOoooOOooo CoOOOoooOOl. And as time went on, I discovered that he was 1,000% right haha. I love this guy so much and he has been one of my best friends for the last 14 years now. TJ and I grew and continue to grow as individuals at such a similar rate and have just always been able to connect and understand one another on such a deep level. TJ just gets me and he always has. He makes people feel heard and understood. I remember Piko speaking at TJ's wedding and saying one of the most accurate things about him that I've ever heard. He said that there's so many people who say that they're best friends with TJ, and that's because he just makes you feel that important and understood and cared about. And it's all genuine. Something along those lines anyway. TJ has a heart of gold and just makes people feel good about themselves. We've gotten into some absolutely insane situations together ( that were only sketchy if Piko wasn't there hahaha) and I wouldn't trade them for the world. And just like Dustin, TJ has always kept in contact with me through all the moves and all the wild times and ups n downs. I feel so lucky to call you and all the groomsmen my closest friends. Love you PJ.

TJ Klinkhamer

Wedding Party

702 Drybuck Rd, Banks, ID 83602 Please plug address into your GPS before leaving Boise because cell service will be lost along the highway. There are 2 routes to take to get to the ranch venue from the Boise area. The first option is Highway 55 to the Banks grade where the Bear Valley rafting company is located. From there, take a left and travel 5 miles up the dirt road (semi steep, windy, and bumpy) to the venue.

The second option (USE IF YOU HAVE A TRAILER OR RV) is to go through Emmett and Sweet, ID. The road is not as steep and bumpy.

We recommend checking estimated GPS arrival time 1-2 hours before you plan to leave due to potential heavy traffic delays on the highway.

Directions to the Venue

The last 5 miles to the venue is a forest service dirt road. You do not need a 4x4 vehicle to travel this road but be advised that it is a windy road to travel slowly on. It takes about 20 minutes to drive the last 5 miles.

The wedding and reception will be family friendly until about 8:30pm. After this time, explicit music will be played and the real party will begin. We want non-drinkers to be aware there will be alcohol there- but also plenty of non-alcoholic drinks!

The ranch does not allow pets. We are sorry!

We have the ranch/camping space reserved until 1pm Sunday. Everyone has to be out before 1pm so we are not in the way of their cleaning service. Thank you!

We will provide dinner and refreshments Saturday evening, but if you are camping you will need to bring your own food for Sunday morning.

There is not a hotel or lodging near the venue and there is not an uber service that reaches the venue. If you are planning to drink, please consider camping or have a designated sober driver!

Cell service will be lost on highway 55 so make sure you have the directions to the venue downloaded!

Campers- there are 3 bathrooms in the barn you can use that is about a 4-minute walk from the camping area.

Things you should know

Q + A

Travel

Things to Do

Registry

Some casual cocktail outfit inspo for weddings guests- Ladies- colorful boho is the vibe! Maybe a comfy, flowy dress or a floral printed outfit you feel great in.Men- casual slacks and a button up would be groovy! If you're feeling fancy, maybe break out the bolo tie and cowboy hat. Can't go wrong with hippie western attire!

Cassie & Joseph

Cassie & Joseph

Q + A

If I'm camping at the ranch the night of the wedding, when should I set up camp?

What does the camping area look like?

Can I bring my dog/pet?