We are thrilled to finally celebrate our marriage with our dearest family and friends. Given the current situation, our top priority is to ensure our loved ones remain safe and healthy. We would love to celebrate with you all, but please stay home if you are uncomfortable, not feeling well or if you're coming from an area where cases are high. Live-streaming of the ceremony will be available. Please continue to check our website often, especially as we get closer to the wedding date.

As most of you know, basketball is a huge part of our lives. It's no coincidence that Kyle and I met during high school at the annual Wayne Estes tournament in Anaconda. If you ask Kyle, he’ll tell you our first interaction was while I kept score for one of his games. Apparently he tried to chat me up as he was subbing in, and I rolled my eyes at him. I still question the validity of this story, but regardless, we officially met at some point that weekend. It just wasn’t the beginning of a love story, or so we thought. Several years later, Kyle and my brother fortuitously became teammates on the Western Bulldogs, which meant we were around each other often. Near the end of their senior year, it became quite evident - to everyone - that Kyle had a crush on me. He proceeded to chase me around for an entire year, trying to win me over with free drinks and Jimmy Johns. At last, another basketball tournament and our overlapping group of friends brought us together. In May 2013, we were both starting new chapters, and luckily for me, Kyle hadn’t given up yet. In a few short months, I was completely head over heels and knew he would one day become my husband. Over the last seven years, we’ve celebrated milestones, encountered setbacks, attended dozens of concerts, watched too many episodes of Game of Thrones and even spent 9 months living in Italy. Two years ago, we moved to Portland, Oregon, and between the rooftop bar scene and Blazer games, we’ve acclimated nicely to city life. Now, we’re about to embark on our biggest adventure yet, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you all. See you on August 28th!

Three weeks prior to asking the girl of my dreams to marry me was the sixth anniversary of our first date. Needless to say, I’d had A LOT of time to think about where I’d propose. Three days before, I still didn’t have a concrete game plan, but Pioneer Square in downtown had crossed my mind. Ali’s office is on the next block, and it’s where we meet up when catching a Blazer game, concert or going for happy hour. In the year we’ve lived in Portland, it’s become a meaningful place to us. On Monday, May 20th, we had lunch in the Square, and I knew it was the right place. On the morning of May 22nd, I tried to trick Ali into wearing something she would consider ideal for the biggest day of our six years together. She always looks like an angel, but if you know Ali, you know she plans her outfits weeks in advance. Around 11:30 that morning, I was anxiously pacing around my office when I sent her an email. I instructed her to go home after work, think about what she wanted to wear, and told her I'd have a car pick her up at 6:00pm. We emailed back and forth a couple times throughout the day, but I didn't want to give anything away. At 6:30pm that evening, we met up a few blocks from Pioneer Square. When Ali got out of the car, she looked as beautiful as ever, and I could barely keep it together. We walked two blocks in almost complete silence because at that point, she was definitely on to me, and I think we both were very anxious/excited. I knew what her answer would be, but we had both waited for this moment for a very long time. As we reached the middle of the Square, the sun was falling behind the tall buildings, and the setting was picturesque. Finally, I bent to one knee and stumbled through a few sentences including, “Alexandra, will you marry me?” She excitedly squealed, “YES”, while people cheered and hollered for us. We took in perfect moment before heading to our favorite rooftop bar where we drank champagne and shared the news with our family and friends.