Alyssa and Wade first met in the third grade playing baseball for the Bernardston rec department. Both of their fathers, Dale and Andy were coaches for the teams. They became close friends in middle school where they both attended Pioneer and graduated from Pioneer together in 2010. After high school Wade worked construction and Alyssa went off to college. Wade was at a party that Alyssa’s brother Brody was hosting and decided to reconnect with Alyssa. The two talked about all the fun memories that they had in high school and began to date in 2012. Wade started working with his Dad at Bernardston Auto Wrecking shortly after and decided to start his own business, “Wade’s Auto Repair” and has been building his business ever since. After alyssa graduated from MCLA with her bachelors degree in biology and allied health, the couple moved to Bernardston in 2014 and expanded their family with two dogs Noodle and Ruger. Alyssa became a registered nurse at Baystate Franklin in 2017. On April 7th of 2018 Wade asked Alyssa to spend the rest of her life with him and she said “yes!”

Alyssa and Wade are registered at amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/wedding/alyssa-shepheed-wade-hastings-bernardston-september-2019/registry/3DNKG2HPM1IQA