Mater Dei Immaculate Conception Center

Wedding Day

Wedding

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Event Center Dakota Dunes

Reception

Our Wedding

Jake and Leah&nbsp;met when Jake moved to Sioux City and started 4th grade&nbsp;in Mrs. Jensen's class at Mater Dei.&nbsp;They&nbsp;immediately became close friends. They&nbsp;continued to be close all through middle school with&nbsp;the same group of friends. Freshmen year at Bishop&nbsp;Heelan Catholic School, Leah&nbsp;asked Jake to the TWIRP dance&nbsp;which was their first dance together.&nbsp;

Jake asked Leah to become "official" on her 16th birthday sophomore year of high school and in September 2019 they celebrated&nbsp;6 years together!

How They Met 

Jake proposed on September 15, 2018 at the Northwest Missouri State football game. After winning the game 63-0, the Bearcats huddled up on the Bearcat paw&nbsp;and helped Jake pop the question. Lots of planning went into this proposal&nbsp;as Jake's family had to sit the whole game with Leah and contain&nbsp;their&nbsp;excitement&nbsp;while&nbsp;Leah's parents sat on the opposite side of the bleachers&nbsp;in order to hide from her since they were supposed&nbsp;to be at home in Sioux City, IA.&nbsp;Leah's grandparents drove from Texas to surprise the couple as well. The whole thing went off without a hitch!

Follow the link to watch the video!!



&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/leah.lynn.568/videos/vb.100002700999541/1532234446876574/?type=3" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/leah....</a>

The Proposal

Our Story

Details

Photos

College teammate and roommate of&nbsp;the Groom&nbsp;

Will Obert 

College roommate and best friend&nbsp;of the Bride&nbsp;

Jenessa Kardell

Josh Noel

Future&nbsp;sister-in-law of the Bride&nbsp;

Breanne Hankins

Holly Bengford

Ryan Noel

Kyle Noel

Kierrah Llanos

Andrew Noel

Longtime&nbsp;friend of the Bride

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Taylor Ferguson

Sarah Dreckman

John Pithan 

Amanda Mace

Tommy Hyland

Samantha Reese

Clayton Bengford

Branden Hohenstein

Grace Hanno

Lauren Wuitschick

John Oakley

Kade Theobald

Axl Poen

Wedding Party

Registry

Q + A

A block of rooms have been reserved for our out-of-town guests. Please reference the Noel wedding when booking your room!

Holiday Inn Express & Suites-Events Center

Travel

Things to Do

Updates:

6/7/2020 Update

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!

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Unfortunately we had some tough news given to us this week.. Our church will only be allowing&nbsp;immediate family and the wedding party&nbsp;in the church for the ceremony.&nbsp;









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We are so upset that we cannot have all of our family and friends to witness our vows, but we will be having a “Watch Party” at the reception location on their big screens in the ballroom. Please feel free to go to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Events Center on June 20, 2020 at 1:30PM to watch our wedding live. If you cannot come to the “Watch Party” feel free to watch it live on Facebook in the Noel Wedding group.









Cocktail hour will start after the ceremony!

 









Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Events Center



885 Cottonwood Lane









Dakota Dunes, SD 57049

5/10/2020 Update

Invitations are finally in the mail!

We originally&nbsp;planned on sending invitations out in early&nbsp;April and&nbsp;having RSVPs in by May 20th, but since we were unable to send these out until May 11th due to&nbsp;the uncertainty, please just try and RSVP by June 2nd.&nbsp;











Due to the COVID-19 situation this has become an adults only wedding. We are trying to limit the amount of people the best we can and we apologize for the inconvenience.







-Jake & Leah

4/25/2020 Update

We are currently watching the news and keeping informed on the coronavirus situation before we make any major decisions regarding our&nbsp;June 20th wedding. We are creating this tab on the website so that our guest may stay updated as we go forward making decisions. Our hope is to not make a decision on postponing until we know for sure that our church and&nbsp;venue will be closed. We are trying to stay positive and hope that we can still have our big day this year.-Jake & Leah&nbsp;

COVID-19 Updates

Engagement Photos

Jake + Leah

Jake + Leah

Registry