Wichita Country Club

Rehearsal Dinner

The Barn at Grace Hill

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The Barn at Grace hill

Reception

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Most would describe Derby Kansas as being a not-so-small town where everybody knows everybody. Despite this, Shane and MaKenna's story does not begin when they both attended Park Hill Elementary School during the first few years of it opening. Their story didn't start in their awkward middle school years at the Sixth Grade Center or Derby Middle School. They didn't even actually know each other when they attended Derby High School at the same time. To MaKenna, Shane Fowler was just a football player who happened to be in the same grade as her older sister. For Shane, MaKenna Allen was only a cheerleader, whom he may have passed in the hallways while moving from class to class.

Their story began on October 22nd 2021. It was an interesting late night in the grand Wichita establishment that young singles like to call 'Pump' or 'Pumphouse'. MaKenna happened to be enjoying a night out with her best girl friends while Shane and his friends came to the bar dressed in their Halloween costumes. Unfortunately for him, there were not enough Teletubbies onesies for all of the gentlemen in the group. So there stood Shane, in a lone-sloth onesie, in a group of colorful Teletubbies. Of course the girls eyes were drawn to such an odd group of costumed characters.

Shane would say it was MaKenna who made the first move, Snapchatting him the morning after a long night out to remind him that he looked rather "hot" in his fuzzy onesie sloth costume amidst the humid and crowded bar. MaKenna would say it was Shane who made the first move, sending his phone number through Snapchat saying "Text me!"

After many texts messages exchanged, Shane and MaKenna went on several dates. The first date was a nervous hang out at Shane's home during a Chiefs game. Good thing they won! During the next date, Shane cooked MaKenna dinner at his home where he urged the picky eater to at least 'try' the mushrooms he had made. It would seem they were getting a good idea of each others character, falling more in love with each minute spent together.

Eventually, the couple met each others friends, then each others families. MaKenna moved in with Shane, reluctantly making small changes to the former bachelor pad, trying to make it hers too. MaKenna was always asking Shane to do small projects around the house to slowly but surely make it theirs. Shane always obliged reminding her, "It's our home now".

In the spring of 2022, Shane invited MaKenna to join his family and close friends on a trip to Wyoming where they would visit Yellowstone National Park. MaKenna spent all of June and early July stressed about making sure they had all of the proper hiking equipment. Shane on the other hand, was worried about other things. On July 20th, 2022 they were off! It was a long travel day but Shane ensured MaKenna that the following day would be full of hiking and sight seeing in Yellowstone.

On July 21st 2022, the group woke up early, packed up the Jeeps and went on their way to the Park. They drove all over the place. All morning long they got out of the cars, hiked, took pictures and repeated the process over and over again. Eventually, the tired and hungry group parked the cars in front of a long hiking trail full of native Yellowstone Wildflowers. Naturally, the men of the group went ahead to make sure everything was perfect.

The group hiked the trail until they saw a Bison. "This is a perfect place for a picture", one of the group members exclaimed. Shane agreed. MaKenna only figured out their sneaky plan when all 6 of the other group members eagerly pulled out their phones with a huge grin on all of their faces. It was the best moment and easiest 'yes' MaKenna could ever give. It was perfect

Now, they are more to each other than just small town acquaintances. More than just a cheerleader and a football player glancing at one another during passing periods. MaKenna and Shane are each others best friend, each others home, and each others everything. This is only the beginning of our story.

Our Story

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Miles Vincent 

Jordan Depperschmidt

Luke Palmer 

Elizabeth DeCristoforo

Gage Wells 

Kirstan Price

Chad Gloudeman 

MaKayla Hansen

Tony Hohlios 

Madi Jenkins

DeAndre Goolsby

Haylee Nickel

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Shane & MaKenna

Shane & MaKenna

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