Collision Bend Brewing Company

Welcome Party

Wedding Day

University Circle United Methodist Church

Ceremony

Cleveland Museum of Art

Reception

Our Wedding

If you asked Brittany and me to describe the first night we met, we would start by telling you about two completely different nights...

Wyatt's Story

In October of 2018, Brittany’s sorority in college and my fraternity both won Greek Week, and we celebrated it with a joint party. My roommates and I arrived early, and I saw Brittany beginning to set up for the party. Naturally, I cracked a few clever lines to make her start laughing. It didn’t seem to work because, to this day, she doesn’t remember me from that night, but she sure left an impression on me. Later that night, I asked one of my friends about the cute blonde girl who had been setting up at the beginning of the party, and I heard the name of my future wife for the first time. A few months passed, and Brittany and I didn’t run into each other around campus, but I couldn’t get her out of my head, so I decided to find and follow her on Instagram.&nbsp; Then, the spring semester of 2019 began, and our first date party in February was approaching. Luckily, I was good friends with one of Brittany’s sorority sisters and began to ask her to help set us up together. I got her number and asked her to my date party at the American Legion right by campus (who could say no to that offer). After a few suspenseful days of waiting, Brittany finally agreed to accompany me. I still remember opening the door that night and seeing her look beautiful in a blue dress with a smile that could make anyone’s day. After that night, there wasn’t a day Brittany and I didn’t talk, and we haven’t stopped since. Around 2 months later, right before Easter break, I asked Brittany to be my girlfriend; the rest is history.&nbsp; Over five and a half years, Brittany and I have grown in our respective cities as we have progressed through grad school, but we still keep our relationship as a top priority and grow together. As we move in together this upcoming May and start our lives together (physically), I could not be more blessed that Brittany gave me a chance so long ago and has been my best friend and rock ever since.

Brittany's Story

In February 2019, I received a message in my sorority group chat asking for my thoughts on one of my friend's guy friends. She proceeded to tell me all the great things about him so that she could convince me to go on a blind date with him. And, of course, this was sent in a group message with six other girls, so naturally, they were also trying to convince me to go on this date. After going back and forth, I finally told my friend it was alright if she gave him my number. The next day, I received a text message from a guy I had never met before, but I did know what he looked like because we started following each other on Instagram in late 2018.&nbsp; Wyatt's first text message asked me if I would go to his fraternity’s date party with him. For anyone who may have known me back then, it was completely out of my comfort zone to go on a date with some guy I had never met before. I also already had an event to go to on the same night as his date party. I was so conflicted about which event to go to that my roommates and I sat down, all on the same bed, and of course, put the two options into a random choice generator - go to the event or go to the date party with a guy I have never met before (but I did think he was cute!). Ultimately, the random choice generator did not choose the date party with the random guy, but after that, I realized that I wanted to go to the date party.&nbsp; Finally, the night came that I would go on this hopefully optimistic blind date. Luckily, I convinced a friend of mine to find a date for the same party and forced her to walk to Wyatt’s house with me. To this day, I still remember the feeling of the first time I saw Wyatt opening the door to his house. I did not know it then, but I truly believe it was love at first sight. After the party, I immediately knew that this guy would become someone special to me and we have been inseparable ever since (regardless of long distance, of course).&nbsp; Now, looking back 6 years later (at the time of our wedding), I feel grateful to my young sophomore self for putting herself out there and for the guy, my soon-to-be husband, asking a random girl to his date party and for our friends convincing us to go (and this is your sign not to trust a random online choice generator but to trust your gut)! After 5 years of long-distance, I am proud of the individuals we have become and the foundation we have built as a couple. To this day, I still get the same feeling I had when he opened the door for me the first time, and I feel lucky that I get to experience that feeling every day for the rest of our lives.

Our Story

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Wedding Party

Wedding guests can obtain the&nbsp;$229&nbsp;group rate at&nbsp;Hotel Cleveland&nbsp;at 24 Public Square by calling the reservations department at&nbsp;216-696-5600&nbsp;and mentioning&nbsp;the&nbsp;Bell/Kaiser&nbsp;Wedding or by clicking the 'Website' link below.&nbsp;Please note that the special group rate will be available until&nbsp;April 18th, 2025,&nbsp;or until the room block&nbsp;sells out.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hotel Cleveland, Autograph Collection

Wedding&nbsp;guests can obtain the&nbsp;$195&nbsp;group&nbsp;rate at&nbsp;Hyatt&nbsp;Regency&nbsp;at&nbsp;the Arcade&nbsp;at 420 Superior Ave East&nbsp;by calling the&nbsp;hotel&nbsp;reservation department at&nbsp;216-575-1234&nbsp;and mentioning the&nbsp;Bell/Kaiser&nbsp;Wedding or by clicking the 'Website' link below.&nbsp;Please note that the special group rate will be available until&nbsp;April 18th 2025,&nbsp;or until the room block&nbsp;sells out.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hyatt Regency Cleveland At The Arcade

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

Travel

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

West Side Market

Cleveland Botanical Garden

Great Lakes Science Center

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

House from A Christmas Story

Edgewater Park

Things to Do

Friday, May 16, 2025

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Collision Bend Brewing Company1250 Old River RdCleveland, OH, 44113 This welcome event is open to all, but it would be helpful for guests to RSVP so we have an accurate number of those who plan to attend. Your presence would make our night even more memorable!

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Ceremony and reception

3:00 PM: Ceremony Begins6:30 PM: Cocktail Hour Begins7:30 PM: Cocktail Hour Ends7:50 PM: Dinner Service11:30 PM: Reception Ends

Shuttle Information

2:30 PM: Guests will be picked up at Hotel Cleveland and Hyatt Regency (The Arcade) and taken to the ceremony venue. Post-Ceremony: Shuttle will return guests to both hotels after the ceremony. 6:00 PM: Guests will be picked up at Hotel Cleveland and Hyatt Regency (The Arcade) and taken to the reception venue. 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Shuttle will begin returning guests to both hotels.

Schedule

Q + A

Registry

Brittany & Wyatt

Brittany & Wyatt

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