John W. Black Community Center

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Rituals & Remembrances

Dinner

Family Friendly Dancing

Dancing in the Dark

Our Wedding

We've known each other for a long time. First going to elementary thru high school together.Topher was Rachel's first boyfriend in middle school, first dance partner and first kiss.While we did not stay together after eighth grade, we did attend high school and college together. We were friends, but we eventually went our separate ways. Rachel would eventually get her Bachelor's Degree in History and a Minor in Islamic Studies. Topher will have is Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering in December of 2025.We rekindled our friendship in the fall of 2020 by going to bunch with a group of friends. Our relationship bloomed in April of 2021.

Story

Topher knew that when he proposed to Rachel, it couldn't be a simple act for the woman he loved so dearly. Which is why he enlisted the help of his cousins, his friends, his mother, her mother, and her friends to set up a master plan to give Rachel the best proposal possible. After over a month of coordinating, and a touch of trickery, Rachel walked in to Mandy Statt's house ready to play Dungeons and Dragons with Topher. Instead, she found herself on the start of a cross-town journey, which included stops to get nails and outfit ready, and met with loved ones in a variety of locals important to the relationship. Each stop included a little speech by someone important to them, answering a cute question that had been written, and a clue to the next location for Rachel. The final location was a place new to both of them. While it was the end of the cross-town journey, it became the start of a new adventure as Topher proposed to Rachel.

Rachel & Topher

Rachel & Topher

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