Shelbie and Anthony
Sat, September 19, 2026
Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center
Sandstone, Minnesota
We hope you can join to celebrate with us!
Thank you for RSVPing yes or no by June 30, 2026
To Learn More About The Weekend
First you'll receive an invitation in the mail. Then, we'll send reminders and alerts from "Paperless Post" that will go to your phone's messaging inbox. If you have any trouble, or questions, just text us directly, or respond to that Paperless Post message. We will see it!
Guests and young relatives included on the invitation are welcome.
Welcome
Friday, September 18th
3:00pm Check-in begins
at Osprey Wilds
6:00 pm Welcome gathering at Osprey Wilds
meet at Main Office and Dining Hall
We’ll be outdoors, so please come comfortable and weather-ready. We’ll have drumming and food as well. Cozy layers and boots are great or simply wear whatever you feel most comfortable in.
Our Day
Saturday, September 19th
3:00 pm Traditional Anishinaabe Wedding Ceremony
on the lawn between the dining hall and Crosby Lodge
5:00 pm Social Hour
on the lawn with small bites
6:00 pm Dinner and Reception
7:00 pm Dance until you can’t!
in the main Dining Hall
Our wedding ceremony will be a Traditional Anishinaabe Wedding Ceremony and will be spoken primarily in Anishinaabemowin. A translator will be present to provide live English translation throughout the ceremony. If you have traditional Native wear, we warmly invite you to wear it.
Following the ceremony, dinner and the reception will be held indoors in the Osprey Wilds dining hall, featuring a locally sourced meal from the farm on site.
Sunday, September 20th
10:00am Check out of rooms at Osprey Wilds and travel home
What to Expect
Join us to celebrate at a beautiful, rustic campus surrounded by everything we love: woods, lakes, and trails! We invite you to stay on-site for the weekend in summer camp–style lodging. We’re really excited about this and hope you’ll enjoy it too. Browse your lodging options.
ATTIRE
For the ceremony, if you have traditional Native wear, we warmly invite you to wear it. Consider semi-formal, comfortable attire for an afternoon fall wedding, including layers. The dinner and reception will be indoors.
Paperless Post
You'll receive texts with links from "Paperless Post." You can respond to those texts and we will receive them. Please complete your RSVP through your personalized link (or text one of us directly so we can RSVP you manually).
MAKE THE WEEKEND A SPECIAL ONE
Miigwech -Thank You
We are so grateful you are making the journey to celebrate with us. We hope this weekend feels like a little getaway, a summer camp inspired retreat. Relax around the fire, canoe on the lake, and take time to soak in the beauty of the Minnesota Northwoods.
Registry
Your presence is truly the greatest gift.
There is no gift registry. If you feel called to give, we would be honored by a contribution toward our dream canoe, a Wenonah. We look forward to many adventures together as a married couple. There will be a Venmo option and a card box at the wedding for anyone who wishes to contribute.
Our Story
Shelbie and Anthony’s story actually begins in 2015 when Shelbie and Anthony’s sister Alex met in Tucson, Arizona at a conference. They both received the same scholarship and they became fast friends, building a connection that would unknowingly set the stage for something much bigger.
Shelbie and Anthony first met at Black Water Lounge in Duluth, when Alex invited Anthony and their mom to join her and her friends for drinks and sushi. At the time, Shelbie was dating someone else and Anthony was still just a young buck in college. They weren’t exactly on each other’s radar. Anthony first knew Shelbie simply as “Alex’s friend”.
Fast forward to 2019. Shelbie moved from Duluth to Minneapolis for her medical rotations and decided to give online dating a try. Shelbie had the courage to “swipe right” and matched with Anthony on Hinge and immediately knew exactly who he was: “Alex's younger brother.” They exchanged numbers and planned their first date.
Anthony picked Shelbie up in his periwinkle blue 2007 Town & Country minivan, which was not exactly the vehicle she expected him to roll up in. Their first stop was Indeed Brewing Company in Northeast Minneapolis, where they talked about yoga, their love for podcasts, and of course, their shared devotion to ice cream. This turned into a second stop at Sebastian Joe's for ice cream. They officially started dating on August 25, 2019. Later, they both admitted that after that very first date, they knew they had found their best friend and life partner. They quickly became inseparable and the rest is history.
