1881 by Lake Elmo Inn

Rehearsal Dinner

1881 Eating House

Welcome Party

A'BULAE

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

Our Wedding

Photos

Amanda and Tim first met as trumpets in the Notre Dame marching band in 2012. Though she was a freshman and he was a senior, they became friends by the end of the year and stayed in touch after he graduated. Over the next few years they developed a close friendship, leaning on each other through the highs and lows of their 20s. In 2019, Tim embarked on a solo road trip across the country and made one of his first stops in Austin, where Amanda was in graduate school. During that visit they began to realize they had romantic feelings beyond their Platonic love for reach other, and as Tim continued on his road trip these developed and blossomed. Over the next couple of years they traveled to visit each other, in Austin, in Boise where Tim lived, and in other fun locations like Denver and Kansas City for weekend getaways. When Amanda finished her PhD in June of 2021, she accepted a postdoc position in Belgium, and Tim went with her.&nbsp;Tim was able to work remotely and luckily had some flexibility in his work schedule to deal with the time zone differences.&nbsp;After that they moved to St. Louis where Amanda had a postdoc at Washington University while Tim continued to work remotely.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the summer of 2023 Tim proposed by the St. Croix river in Amanda’s home state of Minnesota.&nbsp; They now reside in Pittsburgh where Amanda is a professor at Pitt.&nbsp;The academic world is full of unknowns, but they have one certainty: wherever the road takes them next, it will take them together.

Our Story

Bridesmaids:Sanna EvansMegan ToalColette RogersAlicia ArmijoEmma McDonaldKrista MalykKatrina MalykLiz Nuxoll

Groomsmen:Brian StevensonTaylor GordonFikile MasukuKorban SaxtonEric CottinghamKevin KellyMark SonnickNathan Clemente

Wedding Officiant:Joey Evans

Wedding Party

Q + A

We have reserved blocks of rooms at two hotels in downtown Saint Paul. This will be a busy weekend in the area--reserve early to ensure you will get a room. Springhill Suites by Marriott is a larger, traditional hotel while Celeste Hotel is a smaller boutique hotel built in a former convent.

<a href="https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1719279203803&amp;key=GRP&amp;app=resvlink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book your group rate for Evans O'Brien Wedding</a>

SpringHill Suites St. Paul Downtown

To make a reservation at Hotel Celeste by phone, just ask for the Evans or O’ Brien wedding block on June 20-21 of 2025. They will apply a 10% discount to the room reservation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you are booking online, put Evans wedding or O’Brien wedding in the special requests section and the 10% discount will be applied.&nbsp;

Amanda & Tim

Amanda & Tim

Things to Do

Minnehaha Falls

Lock and Dam Number One

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory

Minnesota State Capitol

Cathedral of Saint Paul

James J. Hill House

Indian Mounds Regional Park

Lilydale Trailhead

Historic Fort Snelling

Fort Snelling State Park

Bde Maka Ska

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Walker Art Center

Minnesota Children's Museum

Science Museum of Minnesota

Mill City Museum

Mall of America

50th & France