Cheesy but true: jouw aanwezigheid is het grootste cadeau! Echt 🥰

Mocht je erop staan om daarnaast nóg iets te geven: we hebben een registry voor de huwelijksreis gemaakt! 👇

Irina van Dijk and Spencer Flagg on Honeyfund.com

Hi everyone, We are thrilled that our wedding day is on the horizon! For all our international friends: we are grateful and honored you’re willing to make the trip. Likewise, for our Dutch friends: we are happy that we’ve convinced you to spend a day east of Utrecht. For all of you: the biggest g…

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Vivian Capel

MAID OF HONOR

When Vivian and I discovered each other's love for bitterballen, our friendship was born. We met during college and over the years, Vivian has become an essential part of my daily routine and one of my dearest friends. We've cooked countless meals together, partied during amazing (non-)memorable nights, and spent hours and hours of talking, listening and supporting each other. Viev: my 10 years in Utrecht would not have been the same if I hadn't met you in the Voorstraat.

Fair warning, she's a born organizer, and will make sure everything will go smoothly on our wedding day. Follow her orders and you'll be fine.

Judith van der Salm

MAID OF HONOR

Judith and I met on our very first day in high school when we were both brugpiepers. With her contagious laughter, openness and mouth that never stops talking, we quickly became close friends. We've had many first-firsts, e.g. first night out (and second, and third, ...), first holiday without parents (and second, and third, ...), first time using random white paint. Jud: I'm grateful you have been in my life for all these years. You did not follow me to the big city Utrecht, but when we get together, we pick up right where we left off.

Fair warning, She is not that tall.

Viola, Myrthe and Dana

BRIDESMAIDS

My three lovely sisters. So many similarities, and yet so different. It means the world to me to have you in my life. It's probably safe to assume that of all people, I've expressed my least positive side to you the most. That is what sisters are for, right? 😉 Over the years, our lives have become more alike and that has strengthened our relationships even more. I can't wait to see what our future holds and I am 1000% certain our sisterhood will always be as strong as it is.

Fair warning, these Van Dijkies prefer to greet each other with one kiss on the cheek.

Raymond Caron

BEST MAN

We met the first day of high school and never looked back. He taught me about the most important things in life: cars, metal 🤘, and Canadian Football. Despite living 2, 4, or 8 hours away from each other longer than we lived in the same town, our comedy and conversation sensibilities are still joined at the hip. Ray is the only person I have ever been on a 4 hour phone call with, and it happens more frequently than either of us will admit.

Brian Meierdeircks

BEST MAN

One of the indispensable RPI crew along with the Jo(h)ns, hall-mate, roommate, Taco Bell connoisseur, and Groeningographer; with the calculating brilliance of Rain Man and the ineffable charm of Tom Cruise's sunglasses, he's got it all. We mind-melded for a year back in Maryland and we can still finish a disturbingly-large number of each other's sentences.

Tyler Flagg

GROOMSMAN

My brilliant, charismatic, enterprising little brother, and the only man to approach both my physical attractiveness and ability to be correct about everything. If he had a podcast, you'd be listening to it.

Jonathan Edwards

GROOMSMAN

The guy who had the car at college, the man who taught me to be a techie and an early adopter and that HAM radio was still a thing, a consummate Spoorwegologist, the Riddler to my Batman, and one of the two best Jo(h)ns.

John Sullivan

GROOMSMAN

My first roommate, Minister of Silly Walks, the only man I know who has only ever coded for the sheer fun of it, one of the few people who I could debate for hours and love every minute of it, and one of the two best Jo(h)ns.

2018 - "Where did you guys meet?" "In front of a neon-lighted, beer-smelling bar in Washington DC."
From the very start of our dating life, we've been on countless adventurous trips with an iced coffee in our hands. Before Irina had to move back to Nederland, we flew west together to do an amazing pacific coast highway drive. End 2018, he made his first trip to Nederland. Spoiler: it was not his last trip this year. She met the Flaggs for the first time during Thanksgiving in Oklahoma.

2019 - His total count of trips to Nederland: 7. We did a south-west USA road trip. We went to Jamaica. He got his own bike in Utrecht.

2020 - He moved to Utrecht, Nederland. He put a ring on it.  

2021 - We met all the cats in the neighborhood. We got an ice cube maker.

2022 - JA! I do.

Future - En ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig / They lived happily ever after.

Het feest vindt plaats in een prachtig kasteel in een klein dorpje. Om precies te zijn:

Kasteel Wijenburg
Voorstraat 2
4054 MX Echteld

Schema

Je bent van harte welkom op 18 augustus vanaf 20.30u. Je kunt dan natuurlijk alvast een drankje halen, terwijl wij het diner afronden. Om 21u zullen wij op het feest verschijnen. Wij gaan door tot 1u; jij ook? 😁

Hotels en vervoer

Mocht je niet meer naar huis willen rijden en niemand hebben kunnen strikken om te carpoolen, dan kan je overwegen om een hotel in de buurt te reserveren. Er zijn 2 opties.

1) Hotel Bal

Hotel Bal is een klein hotel op kruipafstand van het kasteel. Het enige nadeel is dat er maar een beperkt aantal kamers beschikbaar is. Check hun website voor de actuele beschikbaarheid.

• Utrecht Central Station 👉 Hotel Bal and the castle (🚗 40min / 🚆1:15)
• Hotel Bal 👉 Kasteel Wijenburg (🚶‍♂️30sec)

2) Hotel Tiel

Hotel Tiel is een groter Van der Valk hotel. Je kunt online een kamer boeken. Gebruik daarbij de kortingscode TIE-WIJENBURG voor 10% korting

• Utrecht Central Station 👉 Hotel Van der Valk (🚗 40min /🚆1:05)
• Hotel Tiel 👉 Kasteel Wijenburg (🚗 7min / 🚌 15min)
  ⚠️ Er gaat 's nachts geen bus terug. We zullen deze pagina later updaten met meer info over een shuttle-bus.

Dress Code

Ties, jackets, and cocktail dresses preferred.

🇳🇱 Lieve vrienden...

Na lang wachten is het nu bijna zover: er komt een upgrade van verloofd naar getrouwd! Wij kijken er enorm naar uit om dit samen met jullie te vieren. Aan ons de schone taak om Spencers vrienden en familie  te laten zien hoe wij in Nederland "van links... naar rechts..." feestjes vieren. Hopelijk doen jullie mee!

Everyone en iedereen...

Graag RSVP'en voor 18 juli via onderstaande knop.