***This photo was snapped that very first night!***

Chelsea and Zac were destined to meet. Growing up in neighboring rival communities in Southeastern Kansas they were ships in the night for years. As luck should have it they both landed in Kansas City and shared a mutual friend, Sammie, who was visiting from Texas.

It was April 9, 2015 (the couple still celebrates Nice to Meet you Day each year) and to maximize her time, Sammie double booked Chelsea and Zac and invited them to join her at The Green Lady Lounge - a classic KC Jazz Club. As Sammie excused herself for the ladies room, Zac slid down a chair and started to ask Chelsea where she was from. She hesitantly replied, "small town Kansas, surely you've never heard of it." Zac said, "try me!" and as she explained - like she does so many times - I am from Independence, Kansas NOT Independence, Missouri - he shouted, "I am from Coffeyville - Go 'Nado." Needless to say after Chelsea picked her jaw up off the floor she was very surprised they had so much more in common than she had anticipated.

The night unfolded into a bit of a Kansas City pub crawl as they jumped into Zac's 1991 wood paneled Jeep Grand Wagoneer and the group stopped at Jazz for oysters, then off to the West Bottoms to The Ship for more live music and wrapped the night in Westport at Harry's Bar and Tables for a night cap. Zac returned the girls to Chelsea's car, the night was chilly and they hurriedly left - no phone numbers were exchanged and Chelsea hoped Zac would find a way to connect with her. To her surprise and amusement, she woke up to a Facebook "Poke" sent from Zac at 2:58AM (which believe it or not is still a thing).

The rest, as they say, is History!

Wedding Ceremony

Wedding Reception