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Below is a timeline&nbsp;of events that chronicles a legendary love. A love that lit Cincinnati ON&nbsp;FIRE. 06/13/2016 Sarah Wagoner walks into AXIS, a young professional life group at Grace Baptist Church for the first time. Christian annoys Sarah by saying something smart that she was going to say but he beat her to it. 7/17/2016 Christian and Sarah cement their friendship by volunteering to scoop ice cream for teens at a local church camp. Christian sticks his feet out of Sarah's sunroof. Sarah is&nbsp;charmed. 03/17/2017 Christian and Sarah go to Tanzania for the first time on a mission trip with Grace Baptist Church. It changes their lives forever! 3/18/2017 While painting a wall in Dar Es Salaam, Christian and Best Man Danny Baron high five about about how girls are lame. #singleforever! Sarah isn't amused. 4/23/2017 Christian and Sarah attend their small group formal. Sarah looks&nbsp;beautiful that night. Christian notices. On the way home,&nbsp;Christian confesses to Danny&nbsp;that sometimes he thinks about Sarah. They&nbsp;almost get into&nbsp;an accident. 6/30/2017 Christian and Sarah grab&nbsp;dinner on a not-date that was a total date. ("It wasn't a date" - Sarah.) 7/03/2017 Christian and Sarah go on a real date. 7/09/2017 Christian gets his wisdom teeth out and then immediately takes Sarah on a second date to see&nbsp;Kesha. The Vicodin makes the colors pretty. 8/14/2017 Sarah leaves on a 3 month trip to Tanzania&nbsp;without Christian. Christian is sad (weep-WOMP. ) They&nbsp;press pause on the relationship and prepare their hearts for the big return - WILL THEY&nbsp;STILL&nbsp;LIKE&nbsp;EACH&nbsp;OTHER?&nbsp; 11/06/2017 THEY STILL&nbsp;LIKE&nbsp;EACH&nbsp;OTHER!! 11/15/2017 They're&nbsp;official. 10/16/2018 Christian says I love you for the first time. He's old school! 5/19/2019 Christian and Sarah pick up some of&nbsp;their best friends for another&nbsp;trip to&nbsp;Tanzania. Becky Baron sneaks a ring through security like a champ. 5/22/2019 Christian pops the question on&nbsp;a private island&nbsp;off the coast of Dar Es Salaam. It was the best day of his&nbsp;life. 1/24/2020 They get to celebrate the mingling of two souls with all of you!

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Danny Baron is my soul brother.&nbsp;We've done an INSANE&nbsp;amount of life together in 4 short years.&nbsp;Living&nbsp;with him means&nbsp;late nights and early mornings&nbsp;of&nbsp;giggling, adventure, and growth. In fact,&nbsp;I wouldn't be the man I am today without Danny's wisdom, inclusivity, and accountability.&nbsp;We also sleep 30 feet apart, so that's&nbsp;cute.

Danny Baron

Jess has been my&nbsp;best friend for the last 21 years. We&nbsp;solidified our friendship in 9th grade gym class when we were required to run a mile, and blamed our slow times on our similar&nbsp;blood types (which obviously&nbsp;aren't equipped for cardio. Sorry, Coach&nbsp;Peterson.)&nbsp;Since then, we've experienced&nbsp;lots of miles together - races, traveling to Europe- we've&nbsp;even been separated&nbsp;by them the last 8 years. But no matter where we are in the world, she remains my rock-solid go-to. She's loyal, adventurous, funny, and I admire her unwavering faith, regardless of circumstance. She'll be flying in from New Mexico for the wedding and I'm so thankful to have her stand by my side.&nbsp;I love her and you will too!

Jessica McGaughey

Without Graham, life at Miami University would have been a real snooze. Graham's bombastic personality, heart for the Lord, and service-driven spirit make him the perfect housemate. 11 PM will forever be "sass o'clock."

Graham Bowling

I essentially met&nbsp;Steph on a blind friendship date when I&nbsp;committed to fly overseas to Tanzania to visit her and a few other missionaries without having met them. One visit gave way to two, three, four - and now we do&nbsp;ministry together&nbsp;and she's stuck with me for life. Blind date success!&nbsp;She's good at nearly everything but posing well in pictures, yet&nbsp;has a humble heart for the Lord that's completely&nbsp;inspiring. I'm beyond grateful that&nbsp;she's traveling back from Tanzania to be part of this most epic day.

Stephanie Pelfrey Boon

Joel slid our Miami University&nbsp;house senior year and my life has never been the same. Joel's calming&nbsp;presence, Godly wisdom, and unselfish heart blow me away every day. He's also my #1 dad friend. And dads rule!

Joel Griffth

Britt is another blind friend&nbsp;date&nbsp;success story. Part of the aforementioned Tanzanian team I visited in 2017, she quickly worked her way into my heart with her jerky hand gestures, calming presence and wicked-fast humor. She has a huge&nbsp;heart for God, helping others, and asks&nbsp;thought-provoking questions which make you feel comfortable pouring out your&nbsp;life&nbsp;story. She's also&nbsp;weirdly talented at playing the recorder. And to top it off,&nbsp;she's flying from Tanzania to be part of my wedding! So grateful.

Brittany James

I literally did not know who Grant was when he moved in with Danny and I in 2016. Now, I wouldn't trade our friendship&nbsp;for the world. Grant's incredible&nbsp;discipline,&nbsp;heart for ministry,&nbsp;and unhinged thirst&nbsp;for adventure&nbsp;make for&nbsp;some of my all-time&nbsp;favorite memories.

Grant Rost

Shan is one of those people you meet and instantly love. And it&nbsp;only took one round of Take on Me, shakily sung&nbsp;while bouncing down a&nbsp;Tanzanian road in 2017,&nbsp;to realize it.&nbsp;While our normal lives are separated by thousands of miles, we get to do&nbsp;ministry together&nbsp;and when we hang in person, it's filled with crime investigation shows, laughter, impersonations, and honest conversation. She has one of the most resilient spirits I've ever seen and her humor will leave you doubled-over. She's also flying 28 hours&nbsp;from Tanzania&nbsp;for this day, and I couldn't be happier!&nbsp;

Shantelle Brutsman

After sitting back-to-back with&nbsp;Jordan at POSSIBLE&nbsp;in 2016, we quickly became keepers of each other's deepest man-secrets. I can't stop looking up to Jordan for his Godly&nbsp;wisdom, deep intentionality,&nbsp;and unbridled talent.

Jordan Sharp

"I found an&nbsp;Ohio friend!" were the words I&nbsp;exclaimed&nbsp;after meeting Sarah for the first time. I prayed for friendships&nbsp;in my new city of Cincinnati, and she walked right into my life&nbsp;in black combat boots and platinum hair. Since having two white-haired Sarah's in our friendship circle&nbsp;was confusing, we adopted the nicknames Wags and Gurk and the rest is twinning history! Sarah&nbsp;has a fierce&nbsp;eye for fashion (she'll take your&nbsp;cat-eye to new heights) an incredible&nbsp;work-drive, and&nbsp;roots for and welcomes in&nbsp;the underdogs.&nbsp;We've traversed all&nbsp;life's&nbsp;ups and downs&nbsp;together (in cute shoes) and I'm so thankful for my twin's&nbsp;unwavering faith, conviction&nbsp;and friendship.&nbsp;

Sarah McGurk

After one summer of being TRAPPED&nbsp;in Oxford, Jeffrey, his twin brother Jamie and I became an inseparable trio. I always be grateful to Jeff for&nbsp;becoming the perfect wingman for my #BreakTheRules blog series. His fierce loyalty, insane athletic ability, and vast knowledge of nearly everything make for a permanent Jeffrey-sized hole in heart. And that's pretty big!

Jeff Stagnaro

Michelle secured a place in my heart when I first moved to Chicago and was looking for friends. While eavesdropping over my cubicle wall, I heard her talk about a&nbsp;book club she belonged to.&nbsp;("Maybe I can get in." I thought.) I didn't, but she DID&nbsp;invite me to her birthday party with a "few close friends" where I met&nbsp;40 people and a&nbsp;new social circle. Since then, we've&nbsp;worked together, brunched together, played 'softball' together and traveled the world together. She's been&nbsp;instrumental in&nbsp;my career decisions and even though we're in different states now, I'm so grateful she's part of my close circle, and traveling from the Windy City to be part of my wedding.&nbsp;

Michelle Pike

Following the best summer of our lives in Oxford, Jamie roped me into his wedding plans and&nbsp;showed me what it's like to pursue the one you love.&nbsp;Jamie's unshakable heart, steadfast&nbsp;patience, and incredible karaoke abilities cement him in my heart forever. We also saw a demon dolphin once, ask him about it!

Jamie Stagnaro

Emily and I became friends when she started dating my brother. She&nbsp;came to my condo and gifted&nbsp;a&nbsp;hand-knit scarf which&nbsp;was&nbsp;immediately put to use while we&nbsp;skated&nbsp;around a frozen Minnesota lake. Despite my lackluster blade&nbsp;skills, our friendship thrived and over the years we've shared laughter, karaoke, tears, clothes, and mimosas. She's epically thoughtful, wicked-smart, supportive, a killer breakdancer and&nbsp;an amazing mom to my Goddaughter and nephew. I'm so happy my sister (in law)&nbsp;will be coming in from Minnesota for this amazing day.&nbsp;

Emily Wagoner

Nate and I met&nbsp;at a rugby party in college. After convincing Nate that&nbsp;I don't make a good ball and he should put me down, we became fast friends!&nbsp;When Nate moved to Cincy, it was a done deal. I love this man for his incredible drive, contagious sense of humor, quality hangs,&nbsp;and white New Balances.

Nate Creviston

I met Lisa my&nbsp;Freshman year of college&nbsp;and&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;thought, "she's too pretty and popular for us to be friends." She crushed my skepticism, however,&nbsp;when she leaned over during class&nbsp;and asked if she was bleeding (she had sensitive skin and had&nbsp;scratched her face.)&nbsp;She was indeed, and that moment of vulnerability locked her into my forever circle. Lis has a huge heart, a resilient spirit and loves people well. No matter the time or distance between us, our friendship always picks&nbsp;up where we left off. She's flying in from South Dakota for the wedding, and I can't wait for her and her Midwest accent to join my bridal crew.&nbsp;

Lisa Kallsen

New friend Calvin is one of 2018's hottest discoveries. After Calvin joined my church small group, we went from zero&nbsp;to besties in a few weeks. Calvin's bold&nbsp;intentionality, heart for community, and sneaky athleticism make me thankful for him every darn day.

Calvin Hester

I met Cassie my first year in Cincinnati, and we immediately bonded over&nbsp;careers and condos. We were in similar life-stages, had experienced similar ups and downs and were striving after similar things. She's since become my close friend and accountability partner, and I admire her honesty, faith and epic baking skills. She's ALWAYS&nbsp;up for a spontaneous adventure, chili cook-off or house party&nbsp;and ALWAYS serves up an amazing side dish or cookie platter to accompany. I'm so thankful for her friendship (and hospitality&nbsp;skills!)

Cassie Lucente

I met Corey through New City Church in 2017 and I've been trying to impress him ever since. Corey's a fun magnet. His&nbsp;Godly leadership,&nbsp;over-the-top&nbsp;hospitality, and wild sense&nbsp;of humor&nbsp;make me want to carry him around with me everywhere.

Corey Lozier

Dating Christian meant I&nbsp;got to meet and become part of his support system - his family. And in particular, I was blessed to get&nbsp;close to&nbsp;Kaitlin,&nbsp;his beautiful, sweet-spirited sister. She has a deep soul and empathetic nature I've loved getting to know.&nbsp;We've&nbsp;talked about everything under the sun, perused&nbsp;obscure music at record stores, and&nbsp;traipsed all over Manhattan&nbsp;together. Each new adventure makes me more thankful that I get a new sister in my life!&nbsp;

Kaitlin Jaekle

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Flying into CVG is the easiest way to access the Queen City. The airport is a short 15-20 min commute to downtown Cincinnati, our wedding venue, and all the fun!&nbsp;

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Welcome to Cincinnati/Covington! This hotel is just a few minutes from our wedding location, on the other side of the river. Below is the link for our room blocks:<a href="https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.18111.html?groupId=H75RJ0F1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.18111.html?groupId=H75RJ0F1</a> - Once on the landing page, input Stay Dates at the top of the page and click "update" - Select the desired room type and click "book"- Follow the prompts and you'll receive a confirmation number upon successful completion of your reservation- The deadline for reservations at the group rate is January 3 at 12am.&nbsp;The tool will not work after this deadline date. *&nbsp;If you need an accessible room, have a question or need assistance in any way (including extending the special room rate to dates outside the block), please contact Molly Fruin, Director of sales at her direct line: 859-655-1282. She's great! We can't wait to celebrate with you!

Sarah & Christian

Sarah & Christian

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Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Best Western Plus Cincinnati Riverfront