Wildlife Prairie Park

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

Our Wedding

Our adventure started in November of 2018 when we matched on Tinder. Thats right the good ole swipe right dating app. We met after getting back from Thanksgiving break and continued to spend time together. When we went home for Christmas both of us talked to our families about this new special person that we met. We made our relationship official after we came back from Christmas break. We spent many many hours in the library doing out school work and a ridiculous amount of trips to the grocery store together. May 2019 came around and our long distance relationship began as Zack graduated college and moved back home while I had one year left of college. We made many many trips back and forth spending time with each others families. 2020 started with Covid causing my graduation to be canceled and Zack having to come up with another proposal plan. We planned a weekend with all of his family and all of mine to spend at the lake. We were sitting eating dinner and it started to rain so hard that we could not even see the other side of the lake. Zack quit eating his steak and said he was done. We then went to get ice once the rain had stopped and on the way back Zack and Dani made me put a blindfold on and told me that my parents had a graduation surprise for me. Of course I fell for it. We walked down to the dock (with a blindfold on). Zack proposed and of course I said yes. December 2021 we bought our first home and we are so ready to start our lives together in it!!

Our Story

If you would like to book a hotel room please be sure to do so by May 18th. After this date the blocked hotel rooms go back in to general public circulation. Thank you!

Be sure you mention you are with the Stocking-Gregory wedding to get our special pricing.

Wingate by Wyndham Peoria

Be sure you mention you are with the Stocking-Gregory wedding to get our special pricing.

Hampton Inn & Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie, IL

There will be a shuttle to and from the wedding and reception. Both of the hotels offer the shuttle and will be running. If you would like early check-in you will need to call the hotel ahead of time. Hotels both offer late check-in. Shuttle to the wedding leaving at 3:00 pm. Shuttle back to the hotels 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm

Wedding Shuttle

Travel

At Wildlife Prairie Park you can see a variety of different animals.Address:&nbsp;3826 N. Taylor RoadHanna City, IL 61536Phone:&nbsp;309-676-0998

https://wildlifeprairiepark.org/

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Zachary & Samantha

Zachary & Samantha

Travel

Wingate by Wyndham Peoria

Hampton Inn & Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie, IL

Wedding Shuttle