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Come Say Hey Before the Big Day

Eden Gardens State Park

Wedding Day

Our Wedding

The Blind DateAfter a mutual friend realized they might be the perfect pair, Katie bought a long yellow dress, curled her hair, and headed to a blind date with Christon, who had traveled from Vernon to Tallahassee to meet her. Appetizers turned into dancing in midtown, and the beginning of a love story neither of them saw coming. From the very beginning, their story was filled with road trips, long phone calls, music, and visits worth counting down to. Through every mile and every season, Katie and Christon kept finding their way to each other, until Katie moved to Vernon in 2021. The two have been making sweet music together ever since.I’ll Lay Down the Beat. You Carry the Tune.Before they found their harmony together, Christon was performing in the Southeast region with his band, Straight Shooters, while Katie was singing around Tallahassee with the Gypsy Darlings and the Full Moon Bandits. Eventually, their separate melodies became one, and for the last decade, they have been performing together, most notably as staples in the music scene along the 30A corridor in Northwest Florida.From the beginning, there was something easy about their love. They laughed about everything under the sun, and still, you can usually find them cracking up over the kind of jokes that only get funnier because they're laughing together. What started as a blind date quickly became something neither of them wanted to imagine life without.Since then, their story has been filled with whitewater rafting down the Ocoee River, frequent trips to Universal Studios, road trips to the Smoky Mountains, beach days, family time, and countless songs sung side by side. Through every season, they have found in each other a best friend, a steady rock, and a favorite person.A Pebble in His PocketWhen Christon proposed to Katie on March 7, 2026, it was no ordinary proposal.Friends drove in from miles around, and family even flew in from out of state to watch what they all thought was the main event: Christon and Katie opening for country artist Brett Young at Watersound Camp Creek’s 3rd Annual Rhythm on the Range country music event.But in front of 3,000 people, Christon surprised everyone, especially Katie, when he paused on stage and said, “I got this pebble in my pocket.” Then, with the crowd cheering, he got down on one knee and asked Katie to marry him.It was the perfect proposal for two people whose love story has always had its own rhythm, a little humor, and a whole lot of heart.Now Playing: “I Do”Thanks for being part of the soundtrack to our celebration. We cannot wait to say “I do.”

Our Love Story

Book your room as part of the Spillman-Birge Wedding Group block using the link below or by calling 877-345-1986. The room block is reserved at a discounted rate for Thursday, February 25, and Friday, February 26.

The Lodge 30A

ECP is the closest airport.VPS is the second closest airport.

Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport

VPS is the second closest airport.ECP is the closest airport.

Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport

Hotel Block + Airports

Men are encouraged to wear a stylish cowboy hat and boots in honor of the groom. A little less formal than black tie. Color encouraged, tux not required.

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Q + A

Registry

Photos

Welcome to beautiful 30A!We’re so grateful you’re making the trip to celebrate with us, and we hope you’ll have a little time to enjoy a few of our favorite places while you’re here. We’ve pulled together a few of our favorite things to do around 30A.Come for the wedding, stay for the fun. We can’t wait to see y’all!

Go to our favorite beach, Grayton Beach!And don't forget to check out AJ's on the way back.

Grayton Beach State Park

Head over to Black Bear Bread Co. in Grayton Beach. Order these things and you won't be sorry. Some of our absolute favorites! Start with coffee - any kind, you can't go wrong.Bagels &amp; Lox BoardBanana TartineSausage Biscuit

Black Bear Bread Co.

Visit the Truman Show House in Seaside﻿ Yep, that's right. For fifteen years after its inception, 30A’s quaintly idyllic beach community of Seaside was a little-known secret gem of a vacation spot along Florida’s Emerald Coast. But in 1996, the master-planned New Urbanist beach town hit the big time when it was chosen as the primary location for the filming of Jim Carrey’s next blockbuster, The Truman Show.Acclaimed Director Peter Weir’s wife told him about Seaside, and he was immediately sold on the location. One of Seaside’s original homes – the perfectly precious yellow and white cottage at 31 Natchez Street – was well on its way to becoming perhaps the most recognizable building in South Walton.In the film, each morning Jim Carrey steps out from the Seaside home’s vivid green front door and greets his neighbors with one of the movie’s most memorable lines: “Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya—good afternoon, good evening, and good night!”

Truman Show House

Grab an afternoon pick-me-up in swanky Alys Beach. Fonville was created as a central gathering place for our bustling, Gulf-front community A market, coffee shop, and cafe, a place to grab a bottle of wine and a flatbread to go. To order fresh fish to prepare at home with specialty groceries and sundries. To grab coffee or cocktails with friends on the plaza. This is Fonville Press. Market Cafe.

Fonville Press

Just Go. Okay, you don't even have to do anything specific in Rosemary Beach. Just walk around. Crosswalks and puppy dogs everywhere, and the smell of real rosemary bushes and sea salt fills the air. You'll feel like you're in a cute European town, steps away from the most beautiful water.

Katie & Christon

Katie & Christon

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FORMAL