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Wedding Day

Our Wedding

While&nbsp;Nathan&nbsp;may&nbsp;tell&nbsp;you&nbsp;it&nbsp;all&nbsp;began&nbsp;about&nbsp;4&nbsp;years&nbsp;ago&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;eye&nbsp;clinic&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;worked&nbsp;at&nbsp;(which&nbsp;is&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;true,&nbsp;but&nbsp;not&nbsp;really&nbsp;true),&nbsp;it&nbsp;really&nbsp;all&nbsp;began&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;surprisingly&nbsp;warm&nbsp;Friday&nbsp;night&nbsp;in&nbsp;December.&nbsp;Delaney’s&nbsp;coworkers&nbsp;were&nbsp;hosting&nbsp;an&nbsp;appetizer&nbsp;night&nbsp;at&nbsp;home,&nbsp;and&nbsp;as&nbsp;it&nbsp;often&nbsp;does,&nbsp;a&nbsp;girls’&nbsp;night&nbsp;in&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;morphed&nbsp;into&nbsp;a&nbsp;girls’&nbsp;night&nbsp;out.&nbsp;Between&nbsp;discussions&nbsp;about&nbsp;trivia&nbsp;questions,&nbsp;boys,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Christmas&nbsp;decorations,&nbsp;a&nbsp;tall&nbsp;redhead&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;Iowa&nbsp;sweatshirt&nbsp;walked&nbsp;in&nbsp;to&nbsp;pick&nbsp;up&nbsp;a&nbsp;burger&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;thrilling&nbsp;evening&nbsp;of&nbsp;laundry&nbsp;at&nbsp;home.&nbsp;He&nbsp;seemed&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;lonely&nbsp;sitting&nbsp;by&nbsp;himself,&nbsp;so&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;Delaney’s&nbsp;friends—who&nbsp;all&nbsp;already&nbsp;knew&nbsp;him,&nbsp;except&nbsp;her—invited&nbsp;him&nbsp;to&nbsp;join&nbsp;them.&nbsp;The&nbsp;only&nbsp;empty&nbsp;seat&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;table&nbsp;happened&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;right&nbsp;next&nbsp;to&nbsp;Delaney,&nbsp;and&nbsp;she&nbsp;had&nbsp;zero&nbsp;interest&nbsp;in&nbsp;entertaining&nbsp;this&nbsp;stranger.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;she&nbsp;gave&nbsp;him&nbsp;the&nbsp;cold&nbsp;shoulder (literally).&nbsp;The&nbsp;rest&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;girls,&nbsp;however,&nbsp;were&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;eager&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;him,&nbsp;all&nbsp;while&nbsp;subtly—and&nbsp;not-so-subtly—making&nbsp;it&nbsp;painfully&nbsp;obvious&nbsp;to&nbsp;him&nbsp;that&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;was&nbsp;single.&nbsp;(Awkward,&nbsp;right?)&nbsp;Surprisingly,&nbsp;he&nbsp;took&nbsp;it&nbsp;all&nbsp;in&nbsp;stride,&nbsp;laughing&nbsp;off&nbsp;their&nbsp;increasingly&nbsp;pushy&nbsp;efforts&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;him&nbsp;and&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;to&nbsp;connect.&nbsp;That&nbsp;is,&nbsp;until&nbsp;they&nbsp;started&nbsp;teasing&nbsp;him&nbsp;about&nbsp;his&nbsp;rather&nbsp;unfortunate&nbsp;choice&nbsp;in&nbsp;sweatshirts.&nbsp;Despite&nbsp;the&nbsp;jabs,&nbsp;he&nbsp;stuck&nbsp;around,&nbsp;chatting&nbsp;and&nbsp;laughing&nbsp;long&nbsp;after&nbsp;his&nbsp;burger&nbsp;was&nbsp;finished,&nbsp;obviously&nbsp;enjoying&nbsp;the&nbsp;company.&nbsp;Though&nbsp;he&nbsp;still&nbsp;avoided&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;his&nbsp;real&nbsp;name&nbsp;with&nbsp;her&nbsp;for&nbsp;hours,&nbsp;his&nbsp;smile&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;caught&nbsp;Delaney's&nbsp;attention,&nbsp;and&nbsp;despite&nbsp;her&nbsp;initial&nbsp;cold&nbsp;shoulder,&nbsp;she&nbsp;may&nbsp;have&nbsp;"accidentally"&nbsp;slid&nbsp;closer&nbsp;to&nbsp;him—claiming&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;to&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;getting&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;way&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;rogue&nbsp;pool&nbsp;cue.&nbsp;When&nbsp;it&nbsp;came&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;leave,&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;was&nbsp;surprised&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;herself&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;disappointed&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;parting&nbsp;ways&nbsp;with&nbsp;him—still&nbsp;clueless&nbsp;as&nbsp;to&nbsp;what&nbsp;his&nbsp;actual&nbsp;name&nbsp;was.&nbsp;Fortunately,&nbsp;thanks&nbsp;to&nbsp;her&nbsp;friends’&nbsp;persistent&nbsp;matchmaking,&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;had&nbsp;swapped&nbsp;Snapchats&nbsp;with&nbsp;him.&nbsp;On&nbsp;a&nbsp;whim,&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;messaged&nbsp;him,&nbsp;casually&nbsp;mentioning&nbsp;where&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;heading&nbsp;next,&nbsp;while&nbsp;doing&nbsp;her&nbsp;best&nbsp;to&nbsp;downplay&nbsp;any&nbsp;interest&nbsp;in&nbsp;whether&nbsp;or&nbsp;not&nbsp;he&nbsp;showed&nbsp;up.Sure&nbsp;enough,&nbsp;not&nbsp;long&nbsp;after,&nbsp;he&nbsp;appeared,&nbsp;this&nbsp;time&nbsp;without&nbsp;the&nbsp;Iowa&nbsp;sweatshirt.&nbsp;Apparently,&nbsp;the&nbsp;playful&nbsp;teasing&nbsp;had&nbsp;gotten&nbsp;to&nbsp;him—either&nbsp;that,&nbsp;or&nbsp;he’d&nbsp;changed&nbsp;to&nbsp;impress&nbsp;Delaney.&nbsp;Either&nbsp;way,&nbsp;the&nbsp;girls&nbsp;decided&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;seats&nbsp;away,&nbsp;creating&nbsp;a&nbsp;“party&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;party,”&nbsp;so&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;and&nbsp;her&nbsp;new&nbsp;redheaded&nbsp;acquaintance&nbsp;could&nbsp;have&nbsp;some&nbsp;space&nbsp;to&nbsp;talk.&nbsp;Hours&nbsp;passed&nbsp;(probably&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;they&nbsp;should&nbsp;have),&nbsp;and&nbsp;eventually,&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;head&nbsp;home.&nbsp;As&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;scrambled&nbsp;to&nbsp;figure&nbsp;out&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;their&nbsp;cars,&nbsp;Wendall&nbsp;(or&nbsp;whatever&nbsp;weird&nbsp;thing&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;kept&nbsp;calling&nbsp;him)&nbsp;offered&nbsp;to&nbsp;help.&nbsp;Delaney,&nbsp;though,&nbsp;had&nbsp;no&nbsp;intention&nbsp;of&nbsp;getting&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;car&nbsp;with&nbsp;him.&nbsp;She&nbsp;made&nbsp;it&nbsp;clear&nbsp;that&nbsp;she&nbsp;wasn’t&nbsp;about&nbsp;to&nbsp;end&nbsp;up&nbsp;“in&nbsp;garbage&nbsp;bags&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;road”.&nbsp;But&nbsp;Delaney’s&nbsp;friends&nbsp;weren’t&nbsp;about&nbsp;to&nbsp;let&nbsp;this&nbsp;opportunity&nbsp;slip&nbsp;away.&nbsp;One&nbsp;friend,&nbsp;particularly&nbsp;bold,&nbsp;even&nbsp;put&nbsp;his&nbsp;car&nbsp;in&nbsp;park&nbsp;for&nbsp;him&nbsp;from&nbsp;his&nbsp;passenger&nbsp;side&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;he&nbsp;walked&nbsp;Delaney&nbsp;to&nbsp;her&nbsp;door.The&nbsp;next&nbsp;morning,&nbsp;he&nbsp;sent&nbsp;her&nbsp;a&nbsp;simple&nbsp;“good&nbsp;morning”&nbsp;text,&nbsp;and&nbsp;as&nbsp;they&nbsp;say,&nbsp;the&nbsp;rest&nbsp;is&nbsp;history.

Our Beginning

Our Story

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Photos

Matthew Meiners

Deighton Doremus

Jurica Caculovic

Julia Johnson

Cassidy Warson

Dorian Theiss

Aaron Ward

Jenna Potratz

Ovan Garcia

Makayla Kosberg

Chasen Selsor

Lana Maas

Diara Doremus

Megan Mueller

Wedding Party

Q + A

The block of rooms is reserved under Meiners&amp;Doremus wedding.
The wedding block expires and the rooms return to public access on October 18th. 

Best Western Holiday Manor

Travel

Things to Do

Registry

Nathan & Delaney

Nathan & Delaney

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