Wedding Day

Piazza Messina

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Reception

Celebrity wedding invites 

Our Wedding

It all started in 2017. A Halloween party to be exact. The famous Mizzou fraternity, Beta Sig, had rented out a tasteful bar by the name of Roxy’s. Devyn had been informed of the party and found herself on the fence of attending, but ultimately ended up being convinced to tag along by her sorority sisters. Dressed as a ninja, her and her friends head out for the night. The night was full of dancing and fun, but the best had yet to come. By night end, Devyn had gotten introduced to a handsome man dressed in a hot dog costume, enter here: Ryan. The two of them end up officially dating by December 15th of that year. Luckily for the couple (and you, our guest) the story doesn’t end here. Our main characters of this story find themselves falling in love and finishing out the rest of their time at Mizzou together. These years included many concerts, nights out, dinner dates, late nights at Ellis Library, getting to know each other, and their first trip together: a 9 day road trip through the Utah national parks (a great way to find out they actually do like each other!). I know what you’re thinking, this sounds like a fairytale. And it was! But as you know, all good stories need a little adversity. Ryan being a year older than Devyn, graduated in 2019 and the couple embarked on a long distance relationship. We’ll fast forward here for you, Devyn and Ryan nailed the long distance. Devyn graduated from Mizzou in 2020 and by this point, Ryan had found himself moved to Chicago. In the midst of Covid, Devyn started the search for a job in Chicago so the two could be reunited. Finally, on September 3rd, 2020, Devyn officially moved! Our couple has now been living in Chicago for 6 years. They spent the first two years here living with roommates and making friends, but in the summer of 2022 moved into their first apartment together. A short 3 months later, they adopt their dog, Echo. 2 weeks later, our main characters head out on their first trip abroad, spending 17 days in Italy just the two of them. (Shout out to both their parents for taking on a handful of a puppy for over 2 weeks). The couple is now going on their 3rd year of living together, and Ryan officially asked Devyn to marry him on June 29th, 2024. While the story you’re reading ends here, the couples story is just beginning.

Our Story 

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Fun Fact: Devyn met Rosie on her bid day at Mizzou and have since been to 2 countries together and moved to the same city 

Rosie Markowicz 

Fun Fact: Ryan and Matt starred on Marquette’s bowling team together. Matt bowled a 300 in league play

Matt Olsen

Fun Fact: Devyn and Allie met at their sorority at Mizzou. Allie is the only one of the bridesmaids Devyn has lived with

Allie Rhodes

Fun Fact: Devyn and Liv met during sorority recruitment at a smoothie shop 

Liv Gallo

Fun Fact: Devyn and Megan met on Devyn’s bid day at their sorority at Mizzou, making her one of her longest college friends 

Megan Litt

Fun Fact: Devyn and Ashton met at Mizzou when Ryan and Ashton’s now husband lived together. Little did they know they’d spend nearly everyday of those next 3 years together and were both in each others weddings

Ashton Weinstock

Fun Fact: Devyn met Sofiya at Mizzou’s midnight barbecue the first week of freshman year

Sofiya Pruss

Fun Fact: Erin is Devyn’s only cousin close in age

Erin Tomsich

Fun fact: Devyn and Courtney have been friends since 4th grade and grew up down the street from each other 

Courtney Taylor

Fun Fact: Devyn met Madison the day she transferred to Wildwood Middle School and have been friends since

Madison Kraft

Fun Fact: Ryan and Jake met in their fraternity and have traveled to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco together

Jacob Nusinow

Fun Fact: Michael is Ryan’s younger brother. He is way better at guitar than Ryan 

Michael Copenhaver

Fun Fact: Maia and Ryan met in high school playing rugby together. Maia has lived in 5 countries and speaks 3 languages 

Maia Silva

Fun Fact: Andrew and Ryan are childhood friends. Andrew claims to be 6’5, “court height”

Andrew Sidney

Fun Fact: Kacen and Ryan met at PSR in elementary school and lived together their freshman year at Mizzou

Kacen Bayless

Fun Fact: Ryan and Tim met at their fraternity at Mizzou. Tim is studying to be a doctor and excels in trivial geography 

Tim Wiant

Fun Fact: Ryan and JT met working at Enterprise and lived together in Chicago for two years 

JT Trott

Fun fact: Matt and Ryan met in Jazz, Pop and Rock class their Freshman year at Mizzou. Despite sitting next to each other, joining the same fraternity, and hanging out just about every weekend over the past 9 years, this is their first photo taken together, purposefully taken to put on the wedding website

Matthew Allen

Maxx Eisenhoffer

Keith Wiegert

Devyn’s niece but also Goddaughter. Grace takes after Devyn in her love for shopping and is also a killer softball player. 

Grace Hentze

Pierce is probably the loudest and funniest kid you’ll ever come across. Cute as can be too. He likes to make sure his presence is known, and is possibly smarter than you are.

Pierce McDaniels

The 3rd oldest of the nieces and nephews, Elliott is smart, funny, and loves to crack a joke. Plus a fantastic soccer player. You have a question on something? He sure has an answer!

Elliott McDaniels

The one who made Devyn an Aunt! The oldest of the 6 nieces and nephews and an avid video game lover and soccer player. 

Lincoln Hentze

The reddest of redheads, Scarlett is as cute as can be. She recently said her first word to Ryan about 3 months ago and we’re all very proud of her. 

Scarlett Hentze

Wedding Party

Q + A

Ameristar Casino

We have a hotel block reserved at the Ameristar in St. Charles, MO. A 20 min drive from the venue. If you run into issues using the website to book, please call the hotel or reach out to Ryan with any questions. 

Travel

Welcome to our hometown, St. Louis, Missouri! We hope you enjoy your weekend here and want to share some fun activities around the city to do: St. Louis Zoo Botanical Garden Cardinals Game / Ballpark Village Frankie Martin’s Grants Farm City Museum Forest Park STL City MLS game Enjoy a show at the Muny Castlewood State Park Babler State Park Arch National Park Forest Park Golf Course The BoatHouse

Devyn & Ryan

Devyn & Ryan

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