In the interest of your safety, we have made the decision to hold a very small wedding ceremony on Thursday, July 30th. We invite you to grab a glass of wine and join us live on Zoom. Here's how to do so: If you are already familiar with Zoom, simply follow this link to join the wedding: https://wedfuly.zoom.us/j/92751889453 If you're new to Zoom, you can either (1) download the app on your phone or computer or (2) join from your web browser. To join from your browser, follow the link: https://zoom.us/wc/join/92751889453 If you're still having trouble, please head to zoom.us/join and type in the meeting ID (927-5188-9453) along with your name. We suggest testing out Zoom in advance. On the day of the wedding, we'll open the “doors” 30 mins early to give you time to get settled. Lastly, we will be in charge of muting and unmuting the crowd to ooh, ahh, and cheer the wedding! However, there are a few things you can do at home to help us make the wedding successful. Please make sure to: be somewhere with strong WiFi or cellular data connection position yourself so that most of the light is coming from in front of you; and place your device on a stable surface We look forward to celebrating with you in real life when hugs, dancing and other normal wedding activities are safe again. With love, Melanie and Chad

When your friend comes into town raving about something called "Coffee Meets Bagel," you assume it's some food fad he picked up in NYC when the line to get avocado toast was too long. After learning that it's a dating app, and despite being completely turned off by previous experiences of swiping left and right, you decide you'll give it a go--but only for a weekend. In that weekend, you learn that one single moment of spontaneity is all you need to find the love of your life. Three years later, I have been so blessed to find someone so kind hearted in Melanie. Over the years we have shared so many hours of laughing, cooking great meals together and celebrating many successes. I have enjoyed the journey so much. I never realized what people meant when they say "love makes everything a little bit sweeter," until I realized how much better my life is with my future wife in it. That's when I decided that cake is always better with a little icing. I am so excited for all of our experiences to come and all of the love we will share.

After two years of living and loving life together in Atlanta, an opportunity came up for me to accept my dream job in Richmond, Virginia. The only problem was that the job was over 500 miles away from Chad. Being the awesome partner that he is, Chad wholeheartedly encouraged me to go for it, even if it meant lots of time apart. Two weeks later, we were in a U-Haul headed up I-85. After our arrival in Virginia, Chad said that he wanted to take me on a picnic in the park. I scrambled to dig through moving boxes in attempt to find my best picnic-chic look. We found the perfect patch of grass to set up our picnic and enjoyed the finest wine and cheese from Trader Joe's...and then it happened: a woman appeared in a tree pointing a large camera towards us. To distract, Chad told me that he had a surprise for me, and that I'd have to stand up and close my eyes for it. When I opened them, the most perfect man for me was down on one knee holding the most perfect cushion-cut diamond ring. And it came with the invitation to marry my best friend and love of my life. We celebrated the "yes" with photos around the park (turns out the woman in the tree was our engagement photographer) and one final surprise: Chad arranged dinner with our families overlooking the James river in Richmond. We ended the night with a late night walk to my favorite ice cream shop. The day was simple, beautiful and food-filled. So perfectly us.