New Orleans Creole Queen Riverboat

Rehearsal Dinner

St Joseph Catholic Church

Ceremony Walk Through

New Orleans Steamboat Co.

Dinner

The Wedding of Cassidy Marie and Cannon David Shirah

Ceremony

The Capital on Baronne

Reception

Our Wedding

Aside from all of the baby pictures and stories about us growing up, my first memory of Cassidy was in 8th grade. My family was at my grandparents house, which was only a few houses away from hers, and decided to go walk over to their house to surprise them. As my parents were talking to her parents in their living room, her mom yelled “Cassidy! Justin Bieber is here!”. Cassidy comes running out of her room a few minutes later with her hair and make up done expecting to see Justin Bieber standing in her living room, only to find me standing there with a bright red face and an awkward smile. I had the biggest crush on her from that day forward. Fast forward to 2018, my mom and I were driving back up to Massachusetts Maritime Academy and decided to stop in New York for the night. We realized Mrs. Michelle was there as well. We decided to meet up with her after dinner, she spent the whole night convincing me to take Cassidy on a date, even though i didn’t need much convincing. A few months later, I ran into her mom again at a party my grandpa was having. She once again brought up going on a date with Cassidy. I knew this time I was going to try.&nbsp; On March 23, 2018, Cassidy posted a picture of her dog on social media. I decided this was my best chance to start talking to her. Despite it being 10:30 in the morning, some liquid courage gave me confidence I needed to possibly get rejected. I sent her a message saying “your dog is so cute”. She responded almost right away with “You’re the hottest and funniest guy ever, marry me”, and the rest is history. Okay, she didn’t actually say that. But she really did respond and I was shocked. I ended up giving Cassidy my phone number the next day and we have talked everyday since that moment.&nbsp; In May of 2018 Cassidy flew to Massachusetts because Texas A&amp;M was borrowing my schools ship for the summer. Our parents came up with a plan for me to pick Cassidy up from the airport, although we were already talking for a few months. I drive to Rhode Island’s airport and nervously waited for Cassidy to walk through the sliding doors. After waiting around for a few hours, I found out she was just waking up… in Louisiana. I somehow mixed the dates up. I was flying home the next day for a long weekend and we barely missed each other. When I got back to Massachusetts, we were able to hangout twice before the ship left.&nbsp; I consider our first date to be on July 24th, 2018. Cassidy just got back to Massachusetts after going on her summer cruise. I decided I wanted to try to impress her by bringing her to one of the coolest spots in Cape Cod. It is this hidden cliff that overlooks a beach where you can look across Cape Cod Bay. She didn’t think driving a white cargo van to the middle of nowhere and then walking through the woods with a guy you barely know as romantic as I did. We watched the sunset over the bay and got to know each other. 18 days after I kidnapped her in the white van, Cassidy texted me “I need a ring”. On August 18, 2021, I finally gave her a ring.&nbsp; I am beyond grateful to be able to spend the rest of life with such a loyal, selfless, and hard working woman. I cannot wait to see my beautiful bride walk down the aisle.&nbsp;

Our Story

Photos

Mollie Colombo

Dayton Shirah 

Maddie Colombo

Jake Gallagher

Abby Johnson

Jon- Murray Barr

Abbey Sanders

John Barry

Amanda Bowers

Justin Guillory

Gabi Billingsley

Nick Scanzillo

Jadyn Ackerman

Robert Ellis

Megan Labbe

Steve Martin

Olivia Smit

Zach Silva

Paige Escarra

Bennett Balser

Shelby Forsyth

Brady Balser

Macey Lummus

Brennen Lummus

Benson

Eli, Oliver, and Rhett

Wedding Party

Q + A

The Bride and Groom will be getting ready the day of the wedding at the Ritz! We encourage the wedding party and family to stay here to make it easy for pictures and getting to the church, but understand everyones budget may vary! And of course any other guest who choose to stay here are welcome!

The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans

A 3 minute uber ride, or a 6 minute walk to the Ritz if you want to hop on a bus to and from the church!

Hotel Monteleone

A 2 minute uber ride, or a 5 minute walk to the Ritz if you want to hop on a bus to and from the Church!

Wyndham New Orleans - French Quarter

A 2 minute uber ride, or a 3 minute walk to the Ritz if you would like to hop on a bus to and from the Church!

Courtyard by Marriott New Orleans French Quarter/Iberville

We will have two vans (with 33 spots each) available to shuttle guests from the Ritz Carlton Hotel to St. Josephs Church, and then from St. Jospehs Church to The Capital on Barrone. Buses will leave the Ritz at 5:00pm to head to the church.

Alert Transportation LLC.

Travel

Things to Do

Registry

Cassidy & Cannon

Cassidy & Cannon

Registry