He put a ring on it! Welcome to our wedding website. Yep, it’s finally happening! We created this wedding website as an information hub for our upcoming celebration. Here you’ll find hotel suggestions and things to do in the local area. Don't forget to RSVP for the event if you haven't already done so through the e-vites! You can also find some background information on our relationship journey so far, as well as the key people joining us up at the altar, so you can get acquainted before the big event. We are SO incredibly excited to share this special day with our favorite people – a big thanks for all of your love and support!

Dwayne and Nicole met in 2008 in their college English course. From that moment on, these two were pretty much inseparable. They remained close friends for a year before they started dating. Eight years and two kids later Dwayne finally popped the question and in a big way. Dwayne got on one knee (actually two knees at one point) in front of their family during Nights of Lights in the middle of downtown St. Augustine, Nicole’s favorite place to be. Dwayne and Nicole have already tackled so much of life together. They are excited to begin this journey of marriage together and tackle the rest of their lives as, The Dardens.

Heavenly Father, you have called me to honor and serve my husband in grace, humility and love. Yet, I so often let worry, insecurity and fear overshadow that calling. Unburden my heart from worry and expectations. Teach me to relinquish control of my life and marriage to you, for only you are strong enough to carry and sustain it. Lead me to a place of deep trust and intimacy with you, so that I would seek no emotional fulfillment elsewhere, but would bring to my relationship with my husband a rich overflow of confidence and strength, making our home and marriage a peaceful, restful haven. Show me how best to love my husband, supporting and respecting him, praying for and trusting the work of your spirit in his heart and life. Give me the wisdom to value what is eternal, so that I might be truly content with my present circumstances and not fretful or anxious over family decisions and finances. Teach me to be beautiful as you define beauty. Let me be a creative and enjoyable friend and companion for my husband, gracious and kind, gentle in disagreement and quick to forgive. Only as you lead me will I become the woman and wife that my husband needs. So lead me, O Lord. Amen.

Heavenly Father, you have called me to love my wife tenderly and sacrificially, even as you love the church, but too often I know myself to be a selfish man with a distracted heart. Please give me patience, gentleness, and kindness toward my wife, and the wisdom to value her for her gifts and ideas. Teach me to be vulnerable with her, openly sharing my own heart and thoughts, hopes and fears, even as I seek to better understand hers. Remind me to be ever mindful of her interests and needs with each decision I make and to structure my life in such a way that she receives the best energy and attention, rather than leftovers. Give me the courage to passionately pursue a relationship with her even when I feel wronged or wounded. Let me become for her a man of tenderness, kindness, creativity, and integrity, protecting and cherishing her by vigilantly guarding my own eyes and heart. Above all, teach me to lead as you lead, Jesus, in humility and service. Only by your grace can I be a godly man and a good husband for my wife. Lead me Lord, I pray, Amen.