We met while doing a law school parody of The Hunger Games. No, that's not a typo. A full-scale, original, legally-inspired musical, complete with acting, dancing, and singing (well, we did our best). She was a choreographer, and I was infamously the group's worst dancer, so we naturally spent a lot of time together. Fortunately, she found my incompetence endearing (and she still does). The flimsy plot points and Bluebook puns were all fake, but the love we found on that stage was very real.

After two years, Ben convinced this Texas girl to move West. Four days before the drive to California, Ben decides we just "have" to change our driving plans to go through Austin to say hi to our friend Carl. If you know me, you know I don't handle change very well, so to say I wasn't thrilled is an understatement. I begrudgingly accepted the new plan, and we stopped in Austin on our drive. We pulled up to the law school because Carl was supposedly there, and I completely fell for it. He took me into the room where we had all our musical rehearsals, and the whole time I kept asking where Carl was. I somehow thought he might be hiding behind a wall in the dark room. Ben walked me to the front of the room and onto the stage before I realized what was happening. He asked me to marry him on the stage where we fell in love, and of course, I said yes!

Last Updated on August 8, 2021 As vaccines began to roll out at the end of 2020 and became widely available in the late spring and early summer of 2021, Ben and I became extremely hopeful that we would be able to party like it was 2019 (maskless and carefree); however, as the last month has proven to us, the pandemic is not over, and we will need to take the viral variants into consideration as we move forward. We want all of our family and guests to be informed and comfortable as you make the choice of whether to attend our wedding on September 25, 2021. To that end, we hope the following information will alleviate any uncertainty and will provide you sufficient information to decide whether you are comfortable attending our wedding. Location: Houston, Harris County, Texas Vaccines: We would prefer for our guests to be fully vaccinated to attend our wedding; however, we understand that, for one reason or another, that may not be possible. You do not need to provide your vaccination status to us, but you are welcome to share it if you are comfortable doing so. Wrist Bands: We know social interactions can be awkward during this time. To make sure our guests are as comfortable as possible, we’ve decided to provide wristbands for the reception so you can let other guests know whether you’d like to keep your distance. • Red: I’m keeping my distance • Yellow: Okay with talking but not touching • Green: Okay with hugs and high-fives Testing and Quarantining: At this time, we are not asking guests to quarantine or receive a negative COVID-19 test before the wedding. Travel: We will have guests traveling to Texas from out-of-state (including the bride and groom!). We encourage you to follow county and state safety suggestions as you make your travel arrangements. Seating: We will have assigned tables at the wedding, and each table will seat 10 people.

Masks: Current CDC guidelines recommend that all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html.) As Harris County is an area of high community transmission, we have decided to require all guests and vendors to wear masks regardless of vaccination status. You are welcome to bring your own mask, but if you forget or don’t want to, we will provide masks. If community transmission peaks in Harris County before the wedding and falls below the CDC’s threshold for “substantial” transmission, we may alter our mask policy—we will keep you updated if that happens. To track community transmission in Harris County, you can click here: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view. You will not need to wear a mask while you are seated at your table during the reception. There will be times during the event that the bridal party and/or the bride and groom will not be wearing masks—even during these times, we request that our guests keep their masks on, except when seated at their table. So you have a little more information as you make your decision about whether this works for you, the bridal party will not be wearing masks during the ceremony or during our entrances to the reception. The bride and groom will not wear masks during their first dance, father/daughter and mother/son dances, the Horah, during the toasts, or during the cake cutting. We will be well-distanced from guests and feel this will keep everyone safe while still allowing us to have “normal” moments during our wedding. If you see guests not wearing masks during the wedding, the bride and groom kindly ask that you handle the situation respectfully. If you encounter a situation you believe is unsafe, please report it to the venue’s security; do not report it to the bride, the groom, the wedding party, or the parents of the bride or groom.

Kids: We decided to limit the children at our wedding to immediate family. We anticipate there will be 3 children at the wedding who are under the age of 12 and unable to be vaccinated. We understand you may not be comfortable attending the wedding with unvaccinated children present. We also fully understand that our friends with young, unvaccinated children at home may not feel comfortable attending a large gathering. Indoors: Both our ceremony and reception will be indoors. Both the ceremony and reception spaces have a maximum capacity of 400 people. The ceremony will be indoors in the venue’s on-site chapel. The chapel is indoors but has high ceilings and is very airy. The reception will be in the venue’s on-site ballroom, which is 10,000 square feet with high ceilings. We anticipate our guest count will be well-below 50% of the venue’s maximum capacity, which will allow our guests who wish to socially distance to do so. Food and Drink: We will have two open bars for cocktail hour and throughout the reception. We encourage you to space out away from the bar once you have your drink. We will be serving passed appetizers during cocktail hour. For dinner, we will serve you a plated meal, so your meal will be just yours! Cake will be served to you at your seat. Additional Safety Policies: - The bride and groom plan to dance the night away, and we hope our guests will dance with us! The dance floor is 1,800 square feet, so there will be a lot of room to spread out while dancing! - Hand sanitizer will be provided at many locations around the venue - The surfaces around the venue will be disinfected thoroughly before the event - We will compile a list of all guests who attend the wedding. This list will include the first and last names of all guests, along with phone numbers. In the unlikely and unfortunate situation of a COVID-19 outbreak, we will provide the attendees’ information to a COVID-19 contact tracer.