Oak Hall Bed and Breakfast

Rehearsal Dinner

The BB Club

Ceremony

Fall

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Our Wedding

I met Wilson by chance in the summer of 2021. I was crashing at a friend’s place in Starkville for the night because my new lease hadn’t started yet, and I had to work the next morning. My good friend Biz, who was also staying there, invited me to hang out with some friends. I immediately clicked with Wilson when I learned we had something in common—we were both double-majoring in political science. He was an aerospace engineering and political science double major, while I was studying architecture and political science. We started talking about soccer, and Wilson was surprised to learn that I was a Swansea City fan and that I knew where Honduras was on a map. We talked nearly the entire night, and by the time it was time to leave, I had a strong sense that this wouldn’t be the last time I saw him. Though it wasn’t until Limelight that we truly reconnected. My previous relationship came to an end on the Sunday of Limelight week, just an hour before one of our first practices with Pike. Wilson didn’t know that this had happened, and he tried to joke with me when I was walking in. When Anne Rivers, a fellow Limelight coach, whispered in his ear about what had just happened, he immediately gave me the biggest hug. The next day, at chapter, the Chi Omega social chair announced we had a date party coming up. My mind immediately went to Wilson, but I was too nervous to ask him just yet. When the day of the competition finally came, he stayed by my side the whole night. In fact, he chose to sit in the stadium aisle just so he could be next to me. I remember thinking to myself, I hope he’s actually flirting with me and I’m not just imagining this. Pike took third place at Limelight, and we decided to celebrate at Pike’s late-night event that Saturday, where I planned to ask Wilson to the Chi O date party.. We danced and danced and just as I was about to ask him, Wilson pulled me in for a kiss. We had fallen for each other. After pulling away, Wilson quickly asked if he was, in fact, not just a rebound. He wasn’t. We spent the rest of the night dancing, and he quickly asked me out on a date. I was actually so nervous for our first date that I threw up before it. But as soon as I got into the car with Wilson and we drove to Arepas, I was immediately at ease. He had, and still has, this calming presence that made me feel like I was at home. Wilson was set to go with his friends to Orlando for the break and he invited me over to help him pack that day he left. Of course, I get there and his suitcase is already completely packed, and he told me he just said that because he wanted to hang out with me before we left. As I was leaving 21 Apartments, I had the craziest realization. I was in love with Wilson. I was obviously freaking out because I fell in love with him so quickly. I mean seriously, two weeks? I decided that I wasn't going to tell him just yet. Mostly, because I didn't want to seem like a crazy person, but also because I wanted to hear him say it first. He sent me so many photos from the trip and even called me while he was at EPCOT because I had told him it was my favorite park. We had made plans that he would come see me once he returned to Starkville and I waited, anxiously, until he arrived at almost midnight. I hear a quiet knock at the door and see him standing there with a smile and holding a Disney merchandise bag with a brand new pair of ears. We talked about the trip and laughed at how good it felt that we were together again. He then looked at me with a super serious face and told me that he loved me. I wanted to jump up and down and scream I love you too! but I was speechless. I mean, here I was feeling like an absolute crazy person for the entire fall break, only to find out that he felt the exact same way. We have been inseparable since then, with the exception of one year doing long-distance. And while the distance was hard, it made it so much sweeter when we did get to see one another. Wilson, I love you. And I cannot wait to meet you at the end of the aisle to start our forever.

Caroline

Summers in Starkville are some of my favorites—good weather, beautiful sunsets, calm days, and great company. Little did I know that a “normal” summer hangout with friends would turn my life upside down… In one of those hangouts I met Caroline at “Midtown,” the apartment I shared with my now best man, Latham, by chance and thanks to our friend “Biz.” To say I was captivated and interested in Caroline at that moment is an understatement. Like any other boy, I tried to show off a little bit, but just enough to pretend I was not showing off. Obviously, as any girl, her intuition was right, and she knew I was showing off. Showing off by talking about our shared interest in political science and philosophy. Showing off by our mutual appreciation of life and people. That day I knew I had to ask her out, but I couldn’t, and I wouldn’t, because it was not appropriate at the time. Shortly after, our college life resumed. I did not talk to Caroline except for a birthday message I sent her. A few weeks passed by and little did I know that through my fraternity I was going to have the privilege—nay, the fortune—of seeing and being with Caroline again. Caroline was the dancing instructor for my fraternity for a philanthropy event. When it was revealed to us that she would spend the next few weeks, morning and night, helping us choreograph a dance, I was over the moon… One day the script changed… Caroline was visibly distressed; I felt like she needed a hug. I gave her one, and this was the start of something new. This was the first time I gave Caroline a heartfelt hug, and it really meant the first time of us being close and possibly being together…Not too long after that I started going out with Caroline and inviting her to places often. Whether that was a “let’s go get coffee” and ending up on a four-hour date, or a fake “help me pack for my trip to Disney”… It seemed like our story had already been written, and we were bound to be together… Now here we are, telling the story of how we met the love of our lives. There are details here and there that Caroline’s version of the story might help you fill in, or moments only our friends witnessed. What I can tell you is that those few months in between meeting a stranger and saying I love you live rent-free in my mind. To be so fortunate to meet the love of your life in a “normal” summer hangout is a story few are lucky to tell.

Wilson

Our Story

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Emma Prather

Mikayla Pillstrom

JD Jaggers

Jeb Thomas

Andrea Martinez Diaz

Anna Grace Carter

Michael Pineda

Latham Nance

Jamison Rice

Miguel Rivera

Logan Aldridge

Alejandro Barahona

Wedding Party

Q + A

Fun Fact! Both Oak Hall and The BB Club were designed by New Orleans architects Keenan and Weiss.

Mulberry, a Wyndham Hotel

Travel

Things to Do

Registry

Caroline & Wilson

Caroline & Wilson

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