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26 %uf098 A l a s k a B r i d e & G r o o m %uf099 2026Bride%u2019s name: Eliza ZuggGroom%u2019s name: Richard WheelerHow they met: %u201cWe started like many of today%u2019s love stories start: On the app that%u2019s %u2018designed to be deleted%u2019 %u2013 Hinge.%u201dNumber of guests: 140Wedding colors: Black and whiteUnique and special aspects of the day: %u201cWe had a traditional church wedding, with the first look happening during the ceremony,%u201d says Eliza. %u201cBoth my mother and father walked me down the aisle. Although our colors were black and white, I selected magenta-colored flowers for the flower girls because my husband is a pilot and he always referenced keeping us %u2018on the magenta line%u2019 when we were dating and engaged. It%u2019s a pilot term because the line on the navigation system the aircraft follows during flight is magenta colored. I wanted to follow that %u2018magenta line%u2019 all the way to him at the end of aisle, so I had the flower girls put down magenta petals. To thank and pay tribute to both our parents, we had them do a dance before we took the floor for our first dance. We both are competitive and love card games so during cocktail hour, we provided casino games (poker, blackjack, craps) for our guests (including some fun prizes). Our cake was handmade by a close family friend, Shelly Eller, who spent months practicing and ended up making a cake that weighed over 100 lbs. The church we got married in was the same church my parents were married in.%u201dReal WeddingEliza & RichardMarch 1, 2025Photography by Nikayla and Co.