A classic Red Raider love story!

Rachel and Brendan met while attending Texas Tech on July 4th, 2018 at a Lubbock pool party. If you've been stuck in Lubbock over the summer, you know how those go. Through sorority formals, football games, frat parties, study sessions, and the Foreign Language building, Rachel and Brendan continued to Wreck 'Em as their worlds intertwined. Fast forward to March 2020; the world began to shut down, but their relationship was just beginning. During that time, the CDC recommended 6 feet of separation, but Rachel and Brendan separated by about 350 miles, just to be safe. Rachel stayed in Lubbock for several months, while Brendan had moved to Austin, but they made it work and visited each other as much as they could. Rachel would eventually join Brendan in Austin, and they have never looked back.

Over the next year, Rachel and Brendan would spend more time together than with anyone else, but were fortunate to have many close friends in Austin to share in their growing love. They would move into their first apartment together in August 2021, where they shared their first Christmas, enjoyed home-cooked dinners on their balcony, and began to envision a life together.

Brendan proposed on August 17th, 2023, under a cypress tree on the shore of Red Bud Isle in Austin. Rachel said yes (after saying what the heck?! about 30 times) and made Brendan the luckiest, happiest man in Texas. They celebrated their engagement with their family and friends 2 days later with a surprise engagement party, which could not have been accomplished without the enthusiastic help of Rachel's friends. Since then, Rachel and Brendan have moved to Cedar Park and have begun planning their perfect wedding.

We welcome you to our wedding website, and we hope that you will help us write a chapter in our love story by attending our wedding on February 16, 2025. Each of you mean so much to us, and we couldn't have made it this far without you!