Steelbach at Armature Works

Rehearsal Dinner

Cross Creek Ranch

Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception

Jenna and Ryan's&nbsp;love story began 15&nbsp;years ago in Moorestown, NJ.&nbsp;They&nbsp;met on&nbsp;their first day&nbsp;freshman year in Ms. Lipinsky's english class, when&nbsp;fate paired them&nbsp;up for a Tale of Two Cities project. Ryan will tell you that the moment he saw Jenna he got butterflies and it was love at first sight. She learned that he liked her and she definitely had a crush on him but they never quite got the timing right during high school. They shared a couple of kisses and passed some notes along the way, but it never worked out.&nbsp;Fun&nbsp;fact, Jenna was actually Ryan's first kiss! &nbsp; 







It was junior year of college for them, they were both single, still friends, and&nbsp;decided what the heck, let's officially date. An interesting choice considering Ryan was up at Penn State and Jenna was down in Gainesville attending UF. But hey, what could go wrong starting a relationship in college, long distance? They&nbsp;dated for about three months&nbsp;but&nbsp;the timing just wasn't right. Ryan and Jenna stayed in touch in their&nbsp;early 20's but all communication stopped around 2015-2016 during a time period they now call "the dark ages". 





















Fast forward to July 2018 and Ryan&nbsp;texts Jenna&nbsp;out of the blue asking if he could call and talk about residency programs at UF Health where she worked.&nbsp;They were both incredibly nervous to talk to each other for the first time in years. When he called they&nbsp;talked briefly about the hospital and then he goes&nbsp;something along the lines of, well, the real reason I wanted to talk to you is that no matter where life has&nbsp;taken me&nbsp;I can't stop thinking about you.&nbsp; 















He told her he was&nbsp;going to be in Miami, Fl&nbsp;in August for a med school rotation and asked her to come down to see him. He wanted&nbsp;see if&nbsp;these feelings were just built up in his head after all these years. So she took a chance and&nbsp;went to Miami with her dog Tucker.&nbsp;They probably had a little too much wine and stayed up late talking about the future they wanted, old feelings,&nbsp;new feelings, and just catching up on life. All while dodging falling palm fronds and an&nbsp;exploding Airstream (where Jenna was suppose to be staying while there). Each time he left Jenna&nbsp;had this overwhelming feeling of just needing to be near him, something she&nbsp;had&nbsp;never felt&nbsp;about anyone. It was like the universe had finally aligned for them, and if he wasn't near the world felt out of balance. She will describe it as feeling like a magnet as if she was being pulled towards him and when he was gone needing to be close again. Each night she asked(begged) him to stay, offering to sleep on the floor or the chair, she really did not want to let him go now that he was back in her life. Being the amazing guy that he is, he left each night. 





















After a long hug, Ryan went home to New Jersey&nbsp;and Jenna went back to Gainesville. The&nbsp;took things slow and saw each other probably 2 -3 times a month given the distance.&nbsp;&nbsp;January 1st, 2019 Ryan&nbsp;took Jenna&nbsp;back to a park in their&nbsp;hometown. It's a place they both spent an afternoon&nbsp;in high school where&nbsp;he&nbsp;remembers&nbsp;thinking that he needed this girl in his life forever. He said that on that day&nbsp;he couldn't ask Jenna&nbsp;to be his girlfriend so he was going to do it now and asked if she&nbsp;would.&nbsp;Of course Jenna&nbsp;said yes!&nbsp;





















One short&nbsp;month later Jenna and Ryan&nbsp;decided that they&nbsp;were made for each other and that&nbsp;there was no one else they&nbsp;would want to spend their lives with. It&nbsp;was the easiest decision either of them&nbsp;had&nbsp;ever made. The ring was purchased in February but the earliest he could come down to ask for her&nbsp;mom's blessing&nbsp;was 4/16/18.&nbsp;He asked her that morning, and proposed to her&nbsp;that evening!&nbsp;Her&nbsp;best friend had asked him when he was planning on doing it and he said the moment he&nbsp;got&nbsp;her blessing. And he did. On a jetty she use to sail by all the time with her Dad. Both of them will tell you they have no idea what he said when he proposed, Jenna says she blacked out in pure happiness. She of course said yes and the couple&nbsp;ended up booking a wedding venue the next day,&nbsp;exactly 365 days from the wedding date! 4/17 















*They would like to credit Jenna's mom for crawling around in the sand undetected to get the proposal pictures!





















Ryan has since moved down to Florida&nbsp;and the two have been&nbsp;living together&nbsp;in Gainesville, a place where they both shared aspirations of living and attending college 15 years ago. Everything has come full circle and while there were twists and turns, heartbreak and dark ages, they will both agree that the timing was perfect and they wouldn't have it any other way. 















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Our Story

Our Wedding

The Wedding

Ceremony and Reception

***** IMPORTANT UPDATE!***** 













Due to COVID-19, our wedding was&nbsp;postponed.&nbsp;





Our new date is Sunday May 2nd, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;











 











Cross Creek Ranch 











12950 E Wheeler Rd, Dover, FL 33527



























Ceremony will start at 4:00&nbsp;pm.













































Cocktail hour and reception to immediately follow.





















Attire: Cocktail&nbsp;



















There will be walking on grass,&nbsp;cobblestone and&nbsp;mulch to and from the ceremony site. Cocktail hour is both inside and&nbsp;outside, so choose footwear&nbsp;accordingly!















































Transportation will be provided for guests to venue in two trips, at 2:50 pm and 3:20 pm. The return shuttle will have an "early" departure at 9:15 pm and then a second departure at the conclusion of the night.























































Finally, we hope you will understand our decision to make the wedding and reception&nbsp;children-free aside from those in the immediate&nbsp;family that have been formally included on the invitation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Take the opportunity to let your hair down and celebrate!

Steelbach at&nbsp;Armature Works&nbsp;





1902 N Ola Ave, Tampa, FL 33602 







Dinner to Start at 6:00&nbsp;pm on May 1st.&nbsp;























For those not invited to the rehearsal dinner who&nbsp;wish to join afterwards, the wedding party will be staying at&nbsp;Armature Works after dinner&nbsp;for drinks at the&nbsp;rooftop bar M. Bird.&nbsp;

Additional Details

Photos

Registry

Wedding Party

Q + A

**********************UPDATE!********************** If you previously booked in our hotel block for the original wedding date, the hotel (Residence Inn) has already cancelled and refunded (if applicable) your reservation. Please go ahead and re-book using the above reservation code! Please join us at the Sheraton Tampa Brandon Hotel! Click on the link below to be directed to the reservation portal at the group discount rate. <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.marriott.com_events_start.mi-3Fid-3D1608654964692-26key-3DGRP&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=tnpnh09-HstnqNS57oVIaFNjaJeXsAqmls_vZyC70zRBpVaNflO0TfPOz7wxNm5O&amp;m=3SXKVxifbGfVDWE1de5kg7i9i_zq37MMbWDqWLdiAN4&amp;s=tfdY8dW_F77NNzDM1jSuDrg397dkmG3UazskXpYSevE&amp;e=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book your group rate for Hildebrand and Mathern Wedding</a> We will be organizing transportation to the venue and back on wedding day.If desired, there are neighboring hotels (including the Residence Inn and Hilton Garden Inn), however the shuttle will only be stopping at the Residence Inn. Guests can still use the shuttle but must provide their own transportation to the Residence Inn from an alternative hotel. For those out of state, we recommend flying into Tampa International Airport.&nbsp; Unfortunately, we cannot offer transportation to and from the hotel. Aside from the beaches of Clearwater and St. Petersburg, there are a number of things closer to the hotel to do when not at the wedding!&nbsp; Things to do near the hotel:Hard Rock Casino, Top Golf, Busch Gardens, &amp; Florida Aquarium Things to do in the Tampa Bay area:Ybor CityCoppertail BreweryBayshore Blvd.Oxford ExchangeHeights Public MarketThere are a ton of outdoor activities, on land and water, we suggest checking Trip Advisor!

Sheraton Tampa Brandon Hotel

Travel

Things to do Near the Hotel&nbsp;

Aside from the beaches of Tampa and Clearwater there are a number of things closer to the hotel to do when not at the wedding!&nbsp;

&nbsp; Top Golf, Hard Rock Casino, Busch Gardens, Florida Aquarium, Tampa Zoo

 

Things to Do in Tampa Area&nbsp;

We will be spending the rest of the weekend in Clearwater Beach,&nbsp; feel free to join us there if you want! If the beach isn't your thing some things to do/see in the Tampa Bay Area...Armature Works- Riverfront with&nbsp;multiple eateries and bars&nbsp;

Ybor City

Coppertail Brewery&nbsp;

Bayshore Blvd.&nbsp;

Oxford Exchange&nbsp;

Heights Public Market 

There are a ton of outdoor activities on land and water, Trip Advisor would be a good place to start!&nbsp;

Jenna & Ryan

Jenna & Ryan

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