REAL WEDDING:Auburn Cain & Taylor Dietz

from NOW Weddings Magazine June 2021 PRIDE Issue

by NOW Weddings Magazine

REAL WEDDING: Dr. Neal Pavlov & Lance Wiggins

A RAINBOW OF LOVE

MARCH 20, 2021 | NEW ORLEANS, LA

PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE RED M STUDIO

HOW THEY MET + THE PROPOSAL

“We met through the bumble dating app,” shares Auburn. “Taylor swiped right first and was disappointed when she swiped and there wasn’t a ‘new buzz in the hive’ because I had not come across her yet. A few days later I swiped right on her. A new buzz in the hive. She sent a late night drunken message that simply read “Hey girl.” We went on our first date at a bar called the Swamp Chicken and I knew that if that didn’t scare her away that she was the one. 3 years later I proposed on a private lake at a place called Paradise in Picayune. I told Taylor that a photographer friend on mine was revamping her photography portfolio and had asked a bunch of us to take pictures for it. I told her that she rented this place for the day and she totally bought it. After I proposed surrounded by all of our best friends, she still thought we were going to all be taking pictures for a portfolio. Instead we took engagement pictures right there. It was the perfect day”.

THE BRIDES’ FAVORITE MOMENTS “After many stressful moments we endured planning a wedding during COVID-19, our wedding day was absolutely perfect. It is difficult for us to pick just one favorite part. It truly was the best day of our lives. Taylor says her favorite part was the ceremony or our drunken send off where she slipped down the stairs and I caught her - the crowd cheered as if a basketball had just been rebounded for the game winning shot! As for me, my favorite part was our first look. We kept our dresses secret from one another and somehow still managed to pick dresses made by the same designer. I reveled in the short moment where it was just the two of us soaking in how beautiful Taylor looked and knowing that I would get to spend forever with her.” - Auburn