Mel + Aron

July 26, 2024 • Minneapolis, MN

Mel + Aron

July 26, 2024 • Minneapolis, MN

Wedding Party

Meghan Dean
Meghan Dean - Matron of Honor
Meghan and Mel (and Meghan's husband Lucas!) first became friends working at Grandma's Restaurant together in 2012. Since then, they've been gym buddies, roommates, crime fighters, and now, once-a-week bingers of trash tv during Girl's Night. Girl's Night has gotten more festive with the addition of its littlest member, Sophie Joy, back in October!
Rachel Longley
Rachel Longley - Bridesmaid
Rachel is Mel's younger sister and a nature-loving, community-minded, childhood education trailblazer. She lives in Breezy Point, MN and runs an outdoor preschool program with her husband, Jake. (@ashdownforestschool if you want to learn more!)
Sara Hodge
Sara Hodge - Bridesmaid
Sara is Mel's older sister, a lover of Taco Bell, cats, and Dolly Parton, and a car-selling rockstar at Enterprise if anyone's in the market! She lives in Burnsville, MN in a townhome that she's currently redecorating with some BOLD choices--bright red accent wall, anyone?
Heidi Nelson
Heidi Nelson - Bridesmaid
Heidi and Mel have been pals for the better part of 25 years, with too many shared experiences to count (bandmates, knee hockey teammates, super fans, college roommates, and more!). Heidi's now killing it as a pavement engineer and building a life in Elk River, MN with her husband, Alex, daughters Murphy and Ada, and pups Lucy and Morty.
Andrew Stumbras
Andrew Stumbras - Co-Best Man
Andy is Aron's oldest brother. He's the hockey goalie of the family so that should say it all. Outside of tricking Aron into crawling into the car trunk or hockey bag as a child, Andy and Aron bonded over all things nerdy growing up (Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, video games, etc.) and continue to discuss the best strategies for our RPG characters.
Patrick Stumbras
Patrick Stumbras - Co-Best Man
Patrick is Aron's older brother and the middle child. Outside of closing the car trunk or zipping up a hockey bag that Aron had just been tricked into getting into, Patrick and Aron bonded over sports and "borrowing" each others clothes as they got older. Even though Patrick has never won a game of ping pong against Aron, they still play each year after our parents go to bed.
Mark Ross-Bennett
Mark Ross-Bennett - Groomsman
Mark and Aron met as random freshman roommates in the UW-Madison dorms. After learning they had the same sports interests, show preferences, musical tastes, and middle names, they never looked back, sporadically living with or near each other for the majority of the next 14 years.