Our Story
About Jessica
Jessica Wei grew up her entire life in the South, starting from Louisiana to Texas to Georgia, and finally setting in Northwest Arkansas. She is a Senior Graphic Designer at DaySpring Cards, a subsidiary of Hallmark, and enjoys handlettering (modern calligraphy) and designing logos for brands. When she is not working, she is either serving at her church through the youth ministry and visuals on Sundays or at her favorite local coffee shop Pour Jon’s playing board games and hanging out with people. By the time of the wedding date, she would have ran 33 half-marathons, 4 marathons, and a handful of 5Ks.
Likes Running, Cooking, Trying new food, Traveling, Board Games, Cats
About Klinton
Klinton Wheeler grew up in Chicago right outside of Wrigley Field. He is a Claims Adjuster for Shelter Insurance and enjoys driving his Volkswagon GTI. He has also served in the Army for over a decade. During his free time, he is binging movies or rooting for his favorite sport teams: the Cubs, the Bulls, and the Bears. He likes watching baseball at the local minor league stadium, Arvest Ballpark that houses the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. He has a huge passion for supporting rhino conservation and believes rhinos are his spirit animal.
Likes Rhinos, Baseball, Golf, Marvel movies, Seinfield, Movie theater popcorn, Dogs
How We Met: Swiping Right
In late November of 2015, Jessica was looking around on the Tinder dating app during her weekend in Tulsa for the Route 66 half marathon. That same night, Klinton was also on Tinder during his job at the Riverside Casino. Klinton was the first to reach out to Jessica with the line “You are too gorgeous to be my match”. Jessica thought Klinton was just like any other guy trying out his pick-up lines. After messaging back and forth, they agreed to meet on a chilly Thursday at 28 Springs, a local fine-dining restaurant and bar where Jessica frequents. The conversation was great and they agreed to continue chatting after dinner by walking around the trails in downtown (not very safe in hindsight for Jessica). They agreed to meet again and after a couple of dates over the course of a month (such as Jessica shooting her first gun!), they decided to make it official.
An A-Maze-ing Proposal
Around October, nearing both Jessica’s and Klinton’s favorite holiday, Jessica had suggested to visit a corn maze since she never visited one before and enjoys partaking in seasonal activities. She knew about the ring as they went to pick it out together earlier that year back in February. As they were making their way through each section, there was a moment where Jessica thought it would be nice to get a selfie. As she was reaching into her bag, she turned around and Klinton was down on one knee with the ring! Of course, she said “yes!”
Later in the evening, they went to the best Stranger Things party thrown by their friends and neighbors. Klinton was an inflatable dinosaur and Jessica was a Jurassic Park trainer.
A Few of Our Favorite Things…
Jessica and Klinton like to watch movies together and go on walks around downtown Siloam Springs. Every once in a while, they will get breakfast on Saturday mornings at the local coffee shop Pour Jon’s. On weekends, they make sure to hit up Bobo’s Ribbon Ice to grab some yummy drinks and then to the local Target to wander the aisles. In the summer, they are often found at Arvest Ballpark with their friends or exploring new places around Northwest Arkansas.