Due to COVID-19, we’ve made the tough decision to have a smaller ceremony with only our immediate family and closest friends. We hope to see everyone at a later date when we can celebrate with all of our loved ones, after this pandemic is over. Please stay safe and healthy. For those who will be joining us, masks will be required and provided. Special care will be taken to sanitize, social-distance and keep all of our guests as safe as we possibly can. As April 17 approaches, we ask that if you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, have recently tested positive for COVID-19, or have recently been in direct contact with someone who has COVID-19 to please stay home. Everyone's health and safety is our top priority.

It was August 2018. The dating options in Montgomery, Alabama were, umm, limited. Then we came across each other's profile on a dating site and exchanged just a few messages before Russell asked me to meet at Prevail Union. I was late. Over an Alabama Stinger and a chai tea, we talked for HOURS about everything. I learned he was huge comic book lover. He learned I just had weight loss surgery. We learned that we are - in a lot of ways - the same person: growing up in small towns, studying journalism and working at newspapers until we jumped to PR. When we left, I called my mom to tell her I'd just gone on a date and he might actually be worth getting to know. Russell went on a date with another woman (I'll never let him forget it). We went on a few more dates, discovered I was moving to New Orleans for work, realized we were falling in love and decided we would do our best to make it work. After more than a year of long-distance dating, Lucy (she loves him, too) and I moved in with Russell to start our lives together in Alabama. In February 2020 - just in time to miss the COVID-19 lockdown - Russell pulled off the surprise of surprises. Friends invited me to a Mardi Gras party on a day Russell happened to be out-of-town for work (or so I thought). I ended up being coerced upstairs where Russell was waiting. He said some sweet things, none of which I can remember, and I said yes. And that's how I got engaged wearing a green wig and face glitter with a glass of wine in hand. Now here we are, getting married and looking forward to what our life and love have in store for us.