Wedding Day

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Ceremony

Lumber Exchange Event Center

Cocktail Hour

Reception

Rehearsal Dinner

Our Wedding

Our story begins on Halloween weekend of 2018, where we met at a party at St. John’s University. Payton and her roommate, Julia, were dressed as salt and pepper shakers, and Ethan and his roommate, Dominick, were dressed as characters from The Outsiders. The girls challenged the boys to a competitive game of beer pong, and, after kicking his butt, Ethan was smitten by Payton. A few days later, Ethan asked Payton out on an ice cream date, and on December 20, 2018, he officially asked her to be his girlfriend at the Holidazzle festival!   Flash forward to 2024 and now living in North Loop Minneapolis together, Ethan proposed to Payton on the Stone Arch Bridge on February 3, 2024! It only feels fitting to have gotten engaged and be getting married in the heart of the city we have loved to call our first home together.

Our Story

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Noah DeKam

Carson DeKam

Jordan Wik

Dominick Nussmeier

Will Sonntag

Julia Johnston

Maggie McCabe

Emily Cage

Maddie Nikko

Annie Griebe

Joseph Schwamm

Mick Olson

Erin Palmer

Jordan Schabaker

Wedding Party

Q + A

This hotel is attached to the Lumber Exchange. We have a block of rooms reserved under “DeKam + Wik Wedding” ***Recommend booking ASAP given limited availability of discounted rooms***

AC Hotel Minneapolis Downtown

Travel

In The Loop Coffee

The best wings in town! Our go-to casual dinner, across the street from our apartment. 

Ethan & Payton

Ethan & Payton

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