St. Mary's Catholic Church 

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Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center

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Our Wedding

The couple met at Eureka College in August of 2009. It was actually Megan's first weekend on campus and they met briefly at a party where mutual friends were gathered. The following day Megan was eating dinner with some of her floor mates when she mentioned that she met a guy named Jody the night before who she thought was cute. Her friends told her to give him a call and Megan responded saying "No way, that would make me look like a stalker".... So naturally, Megan's friends ask Jody's friends for his phone number, call Jody from Megan's cell phone and make her take the call. Although she was mortified at the time, she's thankful the call was made. Fast forward 8 years into the future, Jody loves to tell people that Megan pursued him because he's quite the catch.... and Megan reluctantly agrees.... :)

How did they meet?

This is not your typical proposal story! Jody proposed on April 30th, 2016 but Megan had been hoping he'd propose for years. Back in 2010, Jody took Megan on a date, gave her a ring and told her that he wanted to be with her for a very long time. The night Jody proposed, he recreated that date. He took her to dinner and brought her back to Eureka College where they met. (At this point Megan knew - this is it!) They walked around campus and Jody said, "well I guess we should go back home"... Megan thought "He blew it. This was the perfect opportunity to propose" and hopped in his truck to go home. Then Jody said "Remember that date I took you on when I told you I wanted to be with you for a very long time? I still feel that way". Jody took a ring box out of the center console and hands her the box. Megan yelled at him: "Ive waited 7 years for this! Get out of this truck, get down on one knee and do this right!". Jody laughed and told her to open the box. Megan always said that she didn't need a big fancy ring. She'd be happy with a plain band as long as he got down on one knee to ask. But when Megan opened the box, she saw the ugliest ring...she could live with that but she was livid that he just handed her the box instead of getting down on one knee to pop the question.Jody told Megan they should go celebrate with a drink at the bowling alley where they spent alot of time during their college years. They walked in and unbeknownst to her, several of Megan's friends were waiting for them to arrive and congratulate them on their engagement. They could tell Megan didn't look very happy when she was telling them the proposal story and showed off her ugly ring. Jody came over to Megan and said, "don't worry, I have one more surprise for you". Jody got down on one knee and pulled a second ring box out of his pocket. He opened the box and asked her to marry him (the right way :). Megan screamed "Oh Thank God!" Pulled off the ugly ring and accepted the real proposal.

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Kelsey and Megan have been best friends since 2nd grade. They've survived gradeschool, high school, college and beyond together so I'm sure if you ask her, Kelsey will have some great stories to tell you about the bride. :)

Kelsey Alig 

Eric Davis

The bride's favorite... and only sister. : )

Emily Santman

Josh Davis

Gaby and Megan have been friends since move-in-day at Eureka College their freshman year. She has the best dance moves so be sure to check them out on August 19th! ;)

Gaby Rodriguez

Jaremy Harlan

Ellen and Megan graduated from St. Bede Academy together in 2009.  After high school, Ellen moved up to Milwaukee for College and lives in Madison today. She's currently working on her Masters in Library Studies... but don't worry, she's much cooler in real life than she sounds. :)

Ellen Faletti

Eric Giovannini

Maddie (A.K.A. Maddawg) and Megan became friends at Eureka College.  They joined the cheer squad at Eureka, took A LOT of history classes together, and pledged Delta Delta Pi at the same time.  Fun Fact: Before they knew each other, Maddie and Megan showed up to a  Halloween party wearing the same costume... it's surprising they became friends after that... ;)

Maddie Zois

Andrew Eppel

Sam Smith (not the singer :) and Megan met at Eureka College but they actually grew up about 20 minutes away from each other.  Sam and Megan both work for the American Red Cross and can  pretty much read each others minds.... yea... that skill comes in pretty handy :)

Samantha Smith

Jake Wilson

Val and Megan met during their years at Eureka College.  She currently lives in Hannah City with her husband-to-be and is busy planning her own wedding for this coming October. Fun Fact: Val got engaged at Starved Rock! If you've never been there, I hear it's pretty great... :)

Valerie Ahl

Trent Becker

Megan met Lorna at Eureka College when she started pledging her sorority.  She hails from Royal Illinois and recently became a "Farmer's wife" when she married her husband Tyler. in June!  What can I say, 2017 is a great year to get married ;)

Megan & Jody

Megan & Jody

M&J

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