The Night Before - Welcome Party

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

Breakfast Send-off

Our Wedding

We would love to celebrate with you all weekend! We recommend that you check-in Friday evening to join us for a welcome get-together and check-out Sunday morning. Click the link below to book your stay at Chalet View Lodge. IMPORTANT: When booking your reservation, please use the group code "HOOD25". When you enter this code, it will unlock the rooms available for our wedding weekend. If you do not enter the code on the website, the entire weekend will appear blocked off. There are plenty of rooms available for all guests to stay onsite. Please reach out to Shae at 949-910-8433 with any questions.

Chalet View Lodge

Chalet View Lodge is 60 minutes from the Reno-Tahoe airport. For our guests traveling in from Southern California, there are nonstop flights from Long Beach , LAX, and San Diego to the Reno-Tahoe airport.

Travel 

Travel + Accommodations

Ryan and Shae first met when they were both in college. Ryan was studying at the University of Nevada, and Shae at USC. Ryan and Shae’s brother, Dillan, were college buddies living together in the same fraternity, “studying” together at the Wolf Den, and working together at Mt Rose Ski Resort. Through Dillan, Ryan got to know the Demers family, and ultimately met Shae when Dillan invited him to join his large extended family on their annual holiday ski trip to Mammoth Mountain’s Night of Lights.&nbsp; At first, interactions between Shae and Ryan were casual. Every year during the annual Night of Lights weekend, they’d have fun together and share a playful flirt, but nothing serious. Those early ski trips were just fun moments between friends, who at the end of the weekend would continue on with their separate lives in different states. However, things changed in March of 2019. Ryan was again invited by Dillan to join him for another Mammoth ski trip, but this trip would be different. Only the immediate Demers family and their significant others would be joining. Gage, Shae’s other brother, and Dillan were now both in serious relationships and had brought their then girlfriends, now wives, along for the weekend. While everyone paired up with their significant other to ski, it seemed only natural that Shae and Ryan spent the entire weekend together – chatting, skiing, and shooting fireball to stay warm. They had a blast together and it just felt so easy between them. By the end of the trip, Ryan was “jokingly” referring to Dean and Jo, Shae’s parents, as his future in-laws. This became the running joke for the rest of the ski season (but Ryan wasn’t joking). Ryan and Shae exchanged phone numbers and from that weekend on they spoke everyday and their relationship quickly became serious.&nbsp; Over the next few years, Ryan finished up medical school in Reno, and Shae continued to work in Southern California. The two were able to make the long distance work by spending every free moment they had traveling back and forth to spend time with each other. In June of 2020, Ryan moved to Houston, Texas, to start his anesthesiology residency, and Shae continued to visit him whenever she could.&nbsp; In July of 2022, after three years of being in different states, Shae finally made the move to Houston to live with Ryan. At this point, Shae had spent so long waiting for them to live in the same place, she was eager for the next step. Shae started dropping hints (okay, maybe not-so-subtle hints) that it was time for Ryan to pop the question.&nbsp; In December of 2023, everything fell into place. The two would return to the annual Night of Lights weekend in Mammoth for the first time together since Ryan had left for Houston. There, Ryan led the entire group of family and friends to the top of the mountain for a big group photo. During the photo, Ryan caught Shae by surprise, as he dropped to a knee and asked her to spend forever with him, in the same place they first met many years ago.&nbsp; While they have enjoyed Houston, Ryan and Shae are eager to start their next adventure. They will be packing up again in July of 2025, and moving back to the place that truly feels like their home, Reno, NV.&nbsp;They cannot wait to be back in the mountains with their family and friends, and finally tie the knot celebrating their love with each and every one of you in September of 2025.

Ryan + Shae

Ryan + Shae

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