MADDISON &RYAN Awash Love in

from Social Eastern Shore | March 2023

KING CAKE BREAD PUDDING

STORY BY LIESEL SCHMIDT PHOTOGRAHY BY ASHLEIGH DONNELLY DESIGNS

As the district manager for Rich’s Car Wash, it was just another day at work for Ryan Hauck when Maddison Winborne pulled in to wash her car. Noticing her right away, he pulled into the vacuum stall beside her when she came out of the wash—and then proceeded to pretend that he was actually doing something when what he was really doing was checking her out. Meanwhile, Maddison also noticed Ryan: tall, handsome, and very shy. Fortunately for both of them, one of Ryan’s employees took it upon himself play matchmaker and wrote Ryan’s phone number on an air freshener and gave it to Maddison after he left. “I decided to take a risk and text the number, and we eventually planned a date to a local pizza parlor,” says Maddison. “We spent all evening playing musical bingo and talking until the shop closed. We’ve been inseparable ever since, and we knew after that first date that we were going to be together forever.”

A Forever became official a year later, on November 22, 2020, when a photo session for their Christmas cards became much more memorable. “The photographer posed me with my back towards the camera, with Ryan trailing behind to get a photo in the moment of us just walking,” says Maddison, a bridal consultant with Bliss Bridal. “The photographer started shooting and asked me to turn towards her for the next shot. When I turned, Ryan was down on one knee with a ring in his hand. I remember crying so hard I couldn’t even see inside the box or even after he put the ring on my finger. It took a while for my eyes to adjust before I could see how beautiful the ring was, but that never really mattered. All I knew was that I wanted to marry him!”

Marry him, she did. Wearing a tiered taffeta v-neck ballgown with a bow back, Maddison walked down the aisle at Bella Sera Gardens on October 22, 2022, to meet Ryan at the altar. With 120 of their closest friends and family gathered—all wearing solid black so that the entire wedding looked as if it was in black and white—Maddison and Ryan exchanged vows and were pronounced married.

Joining their guests for a reception on the grounds, the newlyweds had a first dance that showed off their moves: a choreographed ballroom number. Dining on a selection of food that included white chicken chili and a garden salad to start, followed by beef tips or pollo Manchego with parmesan broccoli and roasted baby potatoes, the couple later cut into their cake, a three-tier 3 white cake with Bavarian crème filling adorned in white fondant and wrapped in black and gold ribbon.

After making their getaway in a black Porsche 718, the newly married Haucks flew off to honeymoon in Crete, Greece. Now back home in Spanish Fort, they have begun their “forever”—and look forward to all that that entails.