Stephen & Elizabeth
Wedding Party
Elizabeth Salmen
Bride
The Bride! She just finished her junior year at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. She is majoring in Elementary Education with an endorsement in English. She enjoys being active whether it’s outside or not. She loves watching movies and her favorite food is ice cream. She is the only girl out of four brothers and the only bone she has ever broken is her nose.
Rachael Hulbert
Maid of Honor
Rachael is Stephen’s sister. She has known Elizabeth since they were little because they went to the same church. They reconnected when she went back to school. She was a senior nursing student in South Carolina. She graduated in May, 2023. She loves North Dakota and her family. She loves the outdoors, embroidery, all things tea, photography and cats! She’s an "old soul". She loves to collect records and antiques.
Madison Hofer
Bridesmaid
Madison is Elizabeth’s cousin. They have been best friends since they were born. The last three years Madison and Elizabeth have done everything together from going to the same school, church, and playing on the same sports teams. Madison just finished her freshman year of school at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. She is majoring in Family and Consumer Sciences. She enjoys being active, being with people, and baking. She can also rap "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice!
Chelsea Thurm
Bridesmaid
Chelsea is Elizabeth’s cousin. Elizabeth was also one of Chelsea’s bridesmaids in her wedding. She just finished her junior year of nursing at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. She performed in her first opera at school this past year! She loves to read, play board games, and hiking or long walks.
McKenzie Hofer
Bridesmaid
McKenzie is Elizabeth’s cousin. They worked together last summer at Agtegra. She just finished her freshman year at South Dakota State University. She is double majoring in Public Relations and Agricultural Communications. She loves to travel, try new things, do anything music related, and make friends. McKenzie also spends a lot of time at the lake jet skiing and going on adventures!
Courtney Hulbert
Bridesmaid
Courtney is Stephen’s sister-in-law. She is married to Daniel Hulbert and they have two children Levi (ring bearer) and Elisabeth (flower girl). She is originally from Kansas and moved to North Dakota in 2016. She is a stay-at-home mom which she absolutely loves! She also loves photography, baking, iced coffee, and traveling.
Brittany Johnson
Bridesmaid
Brittany is Elizabeth’s college best friend. They met freshman year and have worked together in Residence Life on campus for the past two years. She is from New York Mills, Minnesota. She is double majoring in Business management and Finance. She loves to be active, being outdoors, and spend time with family and friends!
Stephen Hulbert
Groom
Stephen is the groom! He currently lives in Fort Ransom on the family farm. He graduated North Dakota State College of Science with an associate’s degree in John Deere Tech. He currently works for Green Iron Equipment in Lamoure, North Dakota. He was a field tech for eight years but is now trucking heavy, oversized equipment in North and South Dakota. When not working, he enjoys flying airplanes, going to the lake, working with horses, and pretty much anything outside.
Timothy Hulbert
Best Man
Timothy is Stephen’s younger brother and Daniel’s( groomsmen) brother. He just finished his junior year at Bob Jones University. He loves music and being outdoors. He is also a huge Jeep fan!
Daniel Hulbert
Best Man
Daniel is Stephen’s older brother. He is married to Courtney and have two children; Levi (ring bearer) and Elisabeth (flower girl). Daniel is currently a Sergeant with the Fargo Police Department where he has worked for over seven years. He enjoys spending time with his wife Courtney and their kids. He enjoys spending time at the family farm, building things-house projects, guns, motorcycles, spending time with friends, and anything outside.
Jon Ross
Groomsman
Jon has been great friends with Stephen since the summer of 2011, when he lived with the Hulbert family. He has been married to his wife, Denise, for over eleven years and God has blessed them with four beautiful girls. He currently lives in West Fargo and is a self-employed construction worker. He loves spending time with friends and family, snowboarding, camping, hiking, and all things outdoors.
ThomasJohn Salmen
Groomsman
TJ is Elizabeth’s brother. TJ just graduated high school from Hitchcock-Tulare High School in Tulare, South Dakota. He plans to play football next year at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. He enjoys playing sports and outside activities. He also enjoys spending time with his brothers!
Erik Salmen
Groomsman
Erik is Elizabeth’s brother. He is younger than TJ. Erik just finished his junior year of high school. He enjoys playing sports and enjoys being active doing just about anything outside. During the summer he works for two different farms throughout the week. He also spends his nights playing baseball. He is also very excited to come ride horses some time at the farm!
Everette Boehm
Groomsman
Stephen has known Everette since high school. They have gone to the same church and have work in the audio and visual sound booth together at Brookdale Baptist in Moorhead, MN. He grew up on a farm/ranch operation before moving to lake country in Minnesota. He went to North Dakota State University and graduated with a Mechanical Engineering and with a MBA degree. He works for Bobcat as a Product Safety & Compliance Engineer for seven years now. He enjoys cycling, travel, history, reading, and fast cars. P.s. the profile picture was taken on top of one World Trade Center in New York City this past December. He also really likes puns so, watch out for them in conversation.