Wedding Day

Our Wedding

09.13.11 - The Day We First Met09.23.11 - The Day We Started DatingAfter class one day, our two best friends at the time decided to introduce the two of us, and man it was awkward. Then two days later we went to applebee's together after a friday night football game and the next week was full of awkward texts, a mexican food date night after a softball game, being asked if we were "talking" and finally it was 09.23.11! After the homecoming football game Zach asked Morgan if she wanted to make it official, and she said yeah! We went to Applebee's, shared some appetizers and our first kiss ever.

How It All Began

10.21.19 We bought our first home in July of this year, and three months later it was finally starting to look like a home. We bought a kitchen table, put out some Halloween decor, pictures, plants, and we framed and hung the "Perfect" Zach got Morgan for Christmas last year. After dinner with Zach's mom, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins, we came home to fill picture frames, and once all was done, Morgan suggested that we danced to "Perfect", and we turned off the lights, kicked our shoes off, and danced in the glow of the ghost and candy corn twinkly lights for over an hour to songs from the last 8 years of our relationship. We ended our slow dance session with "Perfect" and when it was over we kind of just danced in silence until we struck a conversation that included a how low can you go contest, and when it was Zach's turn he said "I can't go low, but if I did it would be like this AND GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE!!! Zach said now that we have a house feeling like a home, there's only one thing missing, and it's us. Morgan, will you marry me? Morgan could not believe it, she kept asking if it was actually happening, and Zach kept saying yes, and Morgan probably said yes like 50 times, they both cried and took a few pictures, and it was Perfect.Playlist from Proposal:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4HTIzO5idAPZ4FjT55MAyb

The Proposal 

11.22.20 In late April when we realized that the pandemic was going to last longer than a few weeks, we made the tough decision to postpone our wedding until 2021. When our original wedding date came we realized we didn't want to postpone becoming husband and wife, so we decided that we wanted to elope! Picking the date was easy, November 22nd was the day that Zach took Morgan to meet his Grandparents Jim, and Marilyn for thanksgiving in 2012. It was the last of the family that had yet been met, and it was a very special day. At the elopement Morgan gave a speech before stating she picked November 22 because it was the day she knew she wanted to be apart of Zach's life forever 8 years prior to that day. So within three minutes, we exchanged the basic vows you hear in movies, and we were married! Due to there still be a pandemic we had an extremely limited guest list and it meant a lot to have our "parents" and bridal party apart of it! However, Morgan did accidentally ask Zach if he would take her as his husband so luckily we get a redo this September with our closest friends and family :)

Eloping in a Pandemic

Our Story

Bramble Breakfast & Bar

Gathering Place

Mother Road Market

Things to Do

Bridesmaids

Kelly has been one of my closest friends since we met in spring 2014. We were pledge sisters together in college for Omega Phi Alpha and when we became "cousins" during big/little we became so much closer.  Throughout the years she has been someone I could always count on. She is an architect, a quilter, a cat mom, and an overall amazing human. We love sharing twilight and criminal mind memes with each other. 

Kelly Brown

We met in the fall of 2014 during a sorority big little speed date. I remember our first conversation was about our love for Law and Order SVU. We became Big and Little and called ourselves Benson and Stabler. Throughout the years we have supported one another and been there for each other. Elizabeth is 6th grade math teacher, a dancer, hilarious, and such a joyful person to be around. 

Elizabeth Garrison

We met in the Fall of 2017 when we quickly became Pledge moms together for our sorority. And as quickly as it happened so did our bond and friendship.  We were inseparable and always supporting each other.  She's the one I go to for all bachelor/bachelorette talks. Mackenzie is an executive assistant for the Texas Public Policy Foundation,  a dog mom, adventure seeker, and the best person to talk to.  

Mackenzie Yandell

Heather and I met when I transferred into her classroom in the Fall of 2018.  Somewhere during all of our conversations on the playground and in-classroom, we realized we had a lot of the same interests and became great friends. Literally would not have survived 2020 without her. Heather is a preschool teacher, a cat and dog mom, passionate, and such a wonderful person to learn from. Zach and I are so excited to be neighbors with Heather and her Husband David! 

Heather Brunner

Groomsmen

Zach first met Zane in 2004 and we have been friends since. While we were a year apart in school we spent countless hours together.  We spent many nights gaming, shooting pool, hanging out and he took me to my first party. When I look back to my childhood memories , Zane will always be there. After I started working at Best Buy I convinced Zane to come work there too. We both worked there for many years together. In 2015 we became more than friends, roommates! We lived together with Morgan and two others in Stillwater together for a year. 

Zane Melton

One of the good things about needing to postpone our wedding was being able to get to know David better. His addition was a no-brainer. David and Zach met through Heather (David's wife) and Morgan as they work together. Since meeting David, he and Zach have spent countless hours together in a DND campaign. We share a love of memes and roleplay. Morgan and I are so excited to be neighbors with David and his wife Heather!

David Brunner

I met Jared the day he was born. Jared’s been a great little brother and we grew up with similar interests that bonded us like Star Wars, OSU football, and BMX. He recently graduated from TCC and plans to become a future firefighter.

Jared Dean

Brides 'Parents'

Michael Hibbs

Reta Bebermeyer

Groom's Parents

Scott Dean

Marlowe Dean

Flower Girls

Lincoln Mills

Marigold Castro

Ring Bearers

Francisco Castro

Maxton Mills

Ushers

Greyson Hibbs

Benicio Castro

Officiants

When we ran into a last minute emergency switch in our officiant, we reflected on who we would want to talk at our ceremony about marriage, love, and about their perspective of us as a couple and becoming family.  Since we can remember we have discussed how Chris and Tricia were people that we admired and were inspired by their marriage and who they are as individual people. They are a couple we look up to when we think about how we want to be together and raise a family of our own in the far away future. They are the parents of one of the ushers, flower girls, and ring bearers. We are so honored that they stepped in last minute and can not wait to listen to their advice and insight on love and marriage. 

Morgan & Zachary

Morgan & Zachary

Photos