May 2017 Archive

I met Melodee 10-ish years ago when she worked in my bank! Her bubbly personality drew me in and I always went to her window on purpose. We lost touch for a few years and reconnected over our love for beer! She was working at Green Flash when she met her brewer husband Ryan. It took awhile for Ryan to warm up to Melodee (for anyone that knows him – this is who he is) but in the end she got her man. They moved to Portland a couple years ago for Ryan to take a brewing job up north, which resulted in him winning his very first Great American Beer Fest medal – on his wedding day!! Talk about best day ever! They didn’t realize the two days coincided when they planned the wedding but I know there is no place these two would have rather been.

The rain threatened to show up to the wedding day but magically held off…but made Oregon extra green and lush that weekend! We laughed, we drank, we ate our weight in s’mores. It was perfection. 

Ceremony: McMenamins Kennedy School
Photographer: Melissa McClure Photography
Wedding Planner: Vanity Affair Events
DJ: Modern Event Solutions
Florist: Pistil & Stamen
Officiant: friend, Abby Heilbron
Makeup: Whitney Stassi Artistry
Hair: Dakota Ring
S’mores: Nineteen27 S’Mores
Photobooth: HappyMatic Photo Booth

It’s my favorite thing ever when a guy has the foresight to hire a professional photographer for his proposal. Jimmy told Haley they were going for a nice dinner in La Jolla. On they way they made a quick stop to the exact spot that Jimmy asked her to be his girlfriend. They waited for the sunset and when Haley was least expecting it, he got down on one knee to ask her the question. She was completely surprised. Even more so when they went to dinner after and her friends and family were waiting at Georges on the Cove the celebrate! Congrats to the happy couple!