Wedding Day

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Ceremony + Reception

Our Wedding

Michael and Madison always knew of each other; after all, they'd been going to the same school since middle school, and both of them had been playing soccer at Dixie for years. But it wasn't until junior year of high school when they actually started to get to know each other.During junior year of high school, Greg and Madison worked at Davis Catering at The Cincinnati Club. Madison would often bring some of her friends onboard. The problem was that all of her friends were girls, and Greg mentioned to her that they needed more boys. With that in mind, Madison invited one of her friends and fellow Dixie soccer defenders, Lauren, and her twin brother.After catering their first event together, Michael and Madison began texting and played a mobile phone game against each other called Trivia Crack (remember that? Good times). If you’re not familiar, the game works by spinning a category wheel, and then giving you a trivia question based on the category (science, math, history, sports, art, etc). If you got the question right, you’d mark that category as complete and spin again; if you got it wrong, your turn is over and the next person spins. First person to get a question right in every category wins. As you can imagine, Madison dominated, but that didn’t stop them from making a series of bets (the first of which involved the loser buying the winner deserts, which turned into red velvet cupcakes for Madison).Our first date was in early 2017, where we went to see The Great Wall together. It was a terrible movie, but we had a blast making fun of how bad it was, and it holds a special place in our hearts. A few weeks later, on March 10th, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings together to watch some conference tournament basketball, and our relationship officially started that night.Fast forward to 2023, and Michael moved down to Lexington to move in with Madison, who was in the middle of medical school at UK. We’d been “long distance” (only about an hour and a half drive) for almost 5 years, and we couldn’t have been happier to finally be living in the same city since high school. Michael began working for the city of Lexington (where he still works today) while Madison finished up the last few years of med school.On May 29, 2025, after over 8 years together, Michael proposed to Madison at their favorite vacation spot, on the beach in the Outer Banks, NC. It had been a long time coming. Madison began planning the wedding approximately 5 minutes after the proposal.The rest is history, and the best is yet to come!

Soccer, Trivia, and Cupcakes: The Story of Michael and Madison

Our Story

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Morgan and Nieman live by an unspoken rule - never call each other Michael. The pair met in middle school and quickly became best friends over their shared love (and hatred at times) for Cincinnati sports (specifically the Reds) and video games. They lived together in Burlington for a year before Michael moved to Lexington. Morgan currently lives in Fort Mitchell and works at Bobcat Enterprises.

Michael Morgan

Maurice and Michael met on the bus in high school and quickly became best friends over their shared passion for video games. They worked together at LaRosas throughout high school, then roomed together in Louisville while they both worked at UPS. Maurice is currently studying Data Analytics at Cincinnati State. 

Maurice Toney

Kyle and Michael met in high school, but didn't really get to know each other until Michael moved to Lexington in 2023. Since then, they've bonded over their shared love for video games, as well as their disdain for the direction of Kentucky basketball. Kyle is also the owner of Scout's best friend, Kanan.

Kyle Rose

Michael and Chase played soccer together at Dixie and spent all four years in the same defensive unit. A fellow twin, he is also the better half of himself and Michael's twin sister Lauren. Chase currently works for USPS in Northern Kentucky.

Chase Buckman

Michael and Garrison met in 2018 at UK when hanging out with Madi and her friends. Self-named "The Mafia", they spent almost every weekend together in the study rooms of Lewis Honors College, watching Kentucky games and playing board games. A trivia prodigy and dance floor phenom, Garrison lives in Bowling Green, KY with his wife Hailey, where he works in engineering.

Garrison Page

Tyler and Michael first met while working at Davis Catering together shortly before Madi and Michael started dating. Tyler went on to work at Great American Insurance Group together with Michael. Tyler lives in West Chester with his wife, Hanna, and their son, Easton.

Tyler Webster

Raina is Madison’s older sister and mom to Ellie, the Flower girl! She is a computer whiz and Madison’s go-to IT expert (sorry Michael). She loves playing video games and has even started streaming as a side job!

Raina Webster

Hailey and Madison met at GSP and quickly became friends. They were later roommates for 5 years and best friends for life. Hailey is a lawyer in Bowling Green, KY. 

Hailey Page

Lauren and Madison first became friends during middle school, but became really close during high school through the Sharknado movies. They love traveling together to see Harry Styles and visit Sydney and the turtles! Lauren will be starting law school in the fall. 

Lauren Myfelt

Sydney and Madison went to elementary, middle, and high school together but really became close friends through the Sharknado movies. Sydney has the coolest job working at a turtle rescue in Georgia and has a cat named Cornbread!

Sydney Milburn

Lauren is Michael’s twin sister. Lauren and Madison played soccer together at Dixie Heights and later for NKSA. They are now roommates and enjoy forcing Michael to go on runs. Lauren is the best aunt to Scout and will be starting pharmacy residency in the fall!

Lauren Nieman

Maddie and Madison went to middle school and high school together, but really became close over the Sharknado movies. Maddie is dog mom to Sugar and Lacey and cat mom to Newton!

Madeline Jerauld

Emma and Madison have survived all four years of medical school together! Emma is the feistiest sports fan in the world. She will be starting pathology residency in the fall!

Emma Wahlbrink

Lauren and Madison have known each other since middle school and played soccer together for Dixie. They reconnected and have survived four years of medical school together! Kanan and Scout are best friends. Lauren will be starting Internal Medicine residency in the fall!

Lauren Rose

Amber and Madison have survived 4 years of medical school together! They also worked on research together and Amber traveled with Madison and Michael for a conference in San Francisco! Amber will be starting family medicine residency in the fall!

Madison & Michael

Madison & Michael

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