W
hen Mollie McGehee and Noah Fry tied the knot at the Ice
House on Main on June 29, 2019, it was romantic, peaceful,
and personal. They met on the dating app Bumble, and after
dating for eight months, they were ready to get married.
Noah proposed in the backyard of Mollie’s parents’ house,
where her three older sisters had all had their wedding
receptions.
“I thought it was a normal day; I didn’t look good at all,” says
Mollie. When she got to her parents’ house, she found Noah in
what her family calls “the chapel,” an outdoor kitchen with a
cross hanging above it. “He was under the cross and our song was
playing. He forgot all the things he planned to say, but he waited
for our favorite part of the song and asked me to marry him.”
While planning the wedding, Mollie says things just fell into
place. They only toured two venues before deciding on the Ice
House in downtown Bryan.
“The Ice House was perfect because it wasn’t super modern,”
says Mollie. “We loved the feel of it and the story of the place.
It has the red brick, columns, hardwood floor thing, and the
lighting was cool. They flipped it between the ceremony and
reception while we were taking pictures.”
Taking pictures between the wedding and the reception
led to one of the most memorable moments for the couple:
Mollie and Noah sneaking across the street to Blackwater Draw
afterwards.
“Our photographer told us we had plenty of pictures, but we
still had 30 minutes before we were going to be presented at the
reception, so we ran across the street and had a beer and some
time to ourselves,” says Mollie. “It wasn’t planned and no one
knew where we were but our photographer. Blackwater Draw
didn’t charge us for our drinks and they were so excited for us.”
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