Ashley & Patrick in Oklahoma City, OK

After meeting on a church ski trip, Ashley and Patrick began a relationship that would eventually lead them down the aisle in an autumn wedding that reflected their shared love of the great outdoors. The Bride Ashley Banister, 26, politics The Groom Patrick Riley, 24, financial analyst The Date September 27 A year after their introduction, the two were living and working in DC, and Pat decided to use Ashley’s upcoming birthday as an excuse to take her out for a special day without giving away his actual intentions too quickly. Together they spent the day visiting the Sculpture Garden on the National Mall, the National Cathedral, and, finally, a botanical garden outside the city. There, under a gazebo sprinkled with rose petals and surrounded by flowers, Pat proposed. Not too long after, the head-over-heels pair celebrated their wedding in a garden in the bride’s hometown of Oklahoma City.