Wedding Day

St Patrick Catholic Church

Ceremony

Hotel Baker

Reception

Fall

Our Wedding

Q + A

Photos

Mike and Haley's story started in the summer of 2018. They crossed paths for the first time while attending a local house show. Their official first date was soon after. Mike took Haley to Taylor Street Pizza where he poured a “pound” of parmesan cheese on her pizza (not knowing she hated parmesan). Haley still thought Mike made a great first impression - despite the cheese situation. She thought he was hilarious and was happy to learn they had so much in common.Mike's first impression of Haley was that she was very cute and he liked making her laugh. He was happy that the only thing they didn't agree on was a subset of niche music. Initially, Mike lived in Chicago and Haley lived in the suburbs. They would switch off visiting each other every weekend. It wasn't too long until Mike decided to move back to the suburbs. Haley was thrilled because she didn't have to ride the L or pay for expensive Ubers anymore. When Mike moved back into the suburbs with some friends, He slowly noticed that his limited cabinet and closet space was being filled with Haley’s belongings. This would continue until Haley had nothing left to bring over from her family's home. While Haley wasn’t an official resident of the two houses they lived at, the roommates and Mike considered her to be a part of the clan. After 3 and a half years of Haley living in 2 different houses with Mike and his friends, the group went their separate ways. Mike and Haley decided to get an apartment to themselves which they currently reside in. Over the course of their time living there they have been able to furnish their apartment with around 15 chicken related items. As their refrigerator door filled with wedding invitations from their friends, Mike started to wonder why he hadn’t popped the question yet. On May 1st 2024, Haley’s birthday, Mike went out to a jewelry store on his lunch break to surprise her. They had talked about it a lot and he knew exactly what type of ring she wanted, and lo and behold, it was the first ring he saw when he walked in. He proposed to her that day in a way that was not significant at all since he was told to not do anything extravagant. Throughout the years, Mike and Haley have shared many fun experiences, such as numerous concerts/shows, conventions, fairs, fighting game tournaments (yes Haley likes going to these too I don’t just drag her out there I promise), day-trips, and vacations. Haley and Mike are so excited to get married, although it feels like they've already been married for quite some time. In the future they want to live in a house with enough yard space for chickens and other living things; some with two legs, some with four.

Our Story

Lori Gallagher

Jay Skwierawski 

Denise Skwierawski

Sarah Phelps

Emily Gallagher

Maddie Gallagher

Rebekah Karp

Kaylee Skwierawski 

Ava Skwierawski

Kristine Hunt

Jim Caldrone

Justin Skwierawski

Andrew Skwierawski

Adam Skwierawski

Peter Brankovic

Aaron Hunt

Justin de'Caneva

Wedding Party

Our wedding ceremony will be held at 2:30pm and the reception will start at 6:00pm. If you are looking for something to do in between, we recommend these places to visit in the area We recommend eating a lunch before the ceremony so that you don't fill up while waiting for the reception to begin. There are so many places in St Charles and Geneva to hangout while you wait for the Wedding Party to finish taking their pictures and for happy hour to begin. Some that we recommend are:Filling StationTiki Hut

Things to Do

Travel

Registry

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Accommodations

Haley & Yours

Haley & Yours

H&Y

Wedding Day

2:30 PM

Ceremony

6:00 PM

Reception