Welcome to our wedding website! We are so excited to have all of our family and friends join us in celebrating our love! We want to share all the details about the celebration with you!

We first met in seventh grade, and dated for a few weeks. Little did we know that our young romance would rekindle itself sixteen years later! When we were brought together by mutual friends, there was an instant connection and we knew that it was something special. We spent as much time as we could together, cherishing every moment. Because Ryan traveled across the country for work, we were only able to see eachother about once a month. It was hard on both of us to be apart, but our love for eachother became even stronger. When we decided to go on his eighteen wheeler together, it was the closest we had ever been...living in a space the size of a small bathroom! The experience was one of a kind and caused our love and understanding of each other to grow immensely! We will always cherish those memories and are excited to make more as a married couple!

 The wedding will take place on Saturday, November 9th at The Historic Community Congregational Church in Manitou Springs. It is a special place near and dear to Melissa's heart, as her father has been the Minister there for over 20 years. It is a beautiful church and there is nowhere else we would rather get married.  However, the church is rather small considering the size of our families, and although we would love to invite every person we know, it is just not feasible.

Directly following the service, get ready to party! There will be drinks, desserts, and dancing. We will be celebrating two families joining together with love and laughter!

It will be held at Venue 515 at the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs, a local art gallery just a short walk away from the church!

We have set up an online gift registry, which can be found here. Please feel free to help us enjoy our honeymoon and life ever after!

Once we are happily married and give out plentiful hugs at the reception, we will take those memories with us as we head off to the airport for our tropical getaway! We will be spending seven days basking on sun filled beaches and enjoying our first moments as husband and wife!

We thank you all for your continued support and love as the two of us start this wonderful journey together! We couldn't do it without you.

Much love,

Melissa and Ryan

The Historic Community Congregational Church

Venue 515