Wedding Day

Ceremony

The Venue at Birchwood

Reception

Spring

Our Wedding

Well, it was the summer going into junior year of high school. Scott went to Goodpasture in Madison, TN, and I went to Pope John Paul II in Hendersonville, TN. The fun thing to do in the summer was to go downtown to teen night at one of the bars on 2nd avenue called Luau Louie's (no longer there, pretty sure it was condemned). My dad and brother would drop my friends and me off, and they would go downtown to shoot pool and hang out until they picked us up. On the other hand, Scott's parents probably didn't know he was out downtown. This is where we officially met, and Scott even wrote on my Facebook page that summer, "Happy birthday 😃 I love you!". Well, fast forward to the fall of 2014, when we both started college in Knoxville, TN. I was home one weekend and decided to send him a text just to catch up. The next day he sarcastically texted me and said, "Hey, guess what?" to which I responded, "what?" and he said, "my phone does work to text you first." And from then on, we talked pretty much every single day. In November, I asked him to be my first Delta Gamma fall formal date. The rumor was he was planning to officially ask me out when we went to Ober Gatlinburg by January of 2015, and then it never happened. So, he held out until he took me to Ruth's Chris for Valentine's day to officially ask me out, and we have been together since. If you got lost in the story, he asked me out in February 2015,&nbsp;so we will have been together for 7 years in February 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp; Between then and now, I moved to Memphis after my junior year of college to attend pharmacy school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The plan was to be there for one year and then complete my degree from the Nashville campus. FYI, the state of Tennessee is very long, and Memphis to Knoxville is not an easy drive. We dated long distance for 2 years. At the start of year two of long-distance, I adopted Derby, a red Goldendoodle, who is the best pup in the world. He pretty much goes everywhere he can come with us.&nbsp; In 2019, Scott completed his BS degree in Construction Science at the University of Tennessee. He then moved back to Nashville and has worked at Crain Construction in Nashville as a Project Engineer. I completed my MBA in November of 2020 and my PharmD in May 2021. After graduation, I began my residency at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System as a pharmacist.&nbsp; So if you've read this long, you probably are curious about the proposal. Scott proposed on Thanksgiving day at our lake house at Center Hill. I had no idea he even had a ring (yes, he picked it all out himself!). We never went to look at rings. I just showed him photos, many photos, and many Instagram posts. He got down on one knee right before we ate Thanksgiving lunch while we were supposed to just be taking a picture. He barely got the words out, but he smiled the entire time, as evidenced in the photos.&nbsp; We are so thankful for all the people who have been a part of our story over the last almost 7 years. We have been through quite a bit in that amount of time, the good and bad, and we look forward to what the future holds for us. April will be here soon, and we can't wait to celebrate with you all then!&nbsp; Love,&nbsp;Courtney and Scott

Our Story

Photos

Laura Moore

Rachel Baldridge

Leslie Shelby

Katie Gribble

Hannah Scott

Betsy Trainham

Ellis Shelby

Abigayle Moore

Amelia Ellis

In loving memory, Wes Ellis 

Anthony Thorn

Tyler Baldridge

Lance Shelby

Logan Rooker

Austyn Dunnebacke

Jalen Hurd

Nick Evans

Hawkins Shelby

Wedding Party

Q + A

Hampton Inn Spring Hill

4749 Kedron Road Spring Hill, Tn 37174*** The Venue at Birchwood requires all vehicles to be off property by 11 p.m. ***There are some faster ways on back roads depending on where you live in these areas.From Nashville &amp; Franklin area:Take 1-65 South to Saturn Pkway/TN-396 via EXIT 53 towards Columbia/Spring HillTake first exit, Port Royal Road exitTurn left onto Port Royal RoadIn 2.4 miles take a slight left turn onto Kedron RoadContinue on Kedron Road for 2.5 miles until you come to The Venue at Birchwood on your leftFrom Lewisburg/Columbia area:Take I-65 North to Saturn Pkwy/TN-396 via Exit 53 towards Columbia/Spring HillTake first exit on to Port Royal RoadTurn left onto Port Royal RoadIn 2.4 miles take a slight left turn onto Kedron RoadContinue on Kedron Road for 2.5 miles until you come to The Venue at Birchwood on your leftFrom Dickson/Fairview area:Take I-840 E to Exit 31 to merge onto I-65 South towards HuntsvilleTake Saturn Pkwy/TN-396 via Exit 53 towards Columbia/Spring HillTake first exit Port Royal RoadTurn left onto Port Royal RoadIn 2.4 miles take a slight left turn onto Kedron RoadContinue on Kedron Road for 2.5 miles until you come to The Venue at Birchwood on your leftFrom Murfreesboro: From 1-24 take exit take exit 74A to merge onto I-840 West towards Memphis, FranklinStay on I-840 for 23 miles then take exit 30 onto Lewisburg US-431Turn right onto Lewisburg PikeIn 11 miles turn right onto Kedron RdIn 1.9 miles The Venue at Birchwood is on your rightFrom Spring Hill (back roads) :From Main Street turn left onto Miles Johnson PkwyIn 1.4 turn left onto Kedron RdIn 6.2 miles The Venue at Birchwood is on your leftFrom downtown Franklin (back roads) :From Fifth Avenue S keep left at the split onto Lewisburg AvenueIn 18 miles turn right into Kedron RdIn 1.9 miles The Venue at Birchwood is on your right

Travel

<a href="http://www.arringtonvineyards.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arrington Vineyards&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.nashvillezoo.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nashville Zoo</a> <a href="https://countrymusichalloffame.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Country Music Hall of Fame</a><a href="https://www.nashvilledowntown.com/destinations/nightlife" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broadway</a> <a href="https://www.adventuresci.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adventure Science Center</a> <a href="http://downtownfranklintn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Down Town Franklin</a> <a href="https://www.nashvillepedaltavern.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nashville Pedal Tavern</a><a href="https://www.riverratcanoe.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">River Rat Canoe Rental</a>

Things to Do

Registry

Wedding Song Requests

Courtney & Scott

Courtney & Scott

Wedding Party