Footballer Colby Parkinson married Golfer Melanie Bailes! Here’s a glimpse of a month ago wedding in West Virginia

Published on April 13, 2023 | Published By: Gracie Hale | In Married , Relationship , Wedding

Source: PEOPLE.com

Colby Parkinson and Melanie Bailes are now married
The wedding ceremony took place on March 10 at the historic Greenbrier Resort
The newly married couple first met on Instagram and got engaged on October 24, 2022

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Colby Parkinson and Melanie Bailes are officially a married

A new married couple in town! Seattle Seahawks Colby Parkinson is married to SEC Alabama golfer Melanie Bailes almost six months after the engagement.

The newly married couple first met on Instagram and got engaged on October 24, 2022. The golfer, 43, gushed about their first meeting to PEOPLE,

“We talked for a few months, then we took a leap of faith and met in person on March 10, 2022. We had a long distance relationship and made our marriage even sweeter as we cherish every moment together!”

Colby Parkinson and Melanie Bailes got married almost six months after the engagement (Source: PEOPLE.com)

The wedding ceremony took place on March 10 at the historic Greenbrier Resort, a hotel nestled in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. Bailes gushed about the wedding destination to the outlet,

“We love the mountains. We feel we can see God’s beauty in the mountains and forests, so we wanted to have a wedding theme of that.”

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The pair exchanged traditional Christian vows in front of their 120 guests. A day before their traditional ceremony, Parkinson and Bailes privately read their own vows to each other near the chapel in a gazebo.

The Seattle Seahawks tight end gushed about the marriage,

“Marriage is such a beautiful thing. We followed God’s calling to get married and we can’t wait to do life together. Being husband and wife means we are operating as one for the rest of the lives. We are fully committed to each other and the Lord.”

Colby Parkinson and Melanie Bailes first met on Instagram (source: PEOPLE.com)

Bailes added,

“Walking down the aisle to Colby was the most important to me. I choose him and walking to him, I give him my all and my heart forever. Nothing else mattered to me except marrying him and us becoming one as God designed for us.”

Similarly, the couple had their first dance to “Lover” by Taylor Swift which Bailes expressed,

“We love the lyrics and felt it captured our relationship well,”

Wedding attires

The bride of the day opted for a white strapless gown with a long vein. She also coordinates her look with a rich faux-fur jacket.

The bridesmaids, on the other hand, wore different shades of green as a nod to the trees and greenery in the mountains and forests.

The groom, for his part, wore a black tuxedo while completing her look with a bow tie.

Colby Parkinson and Melanie Bailes married at the historic Greenbrier Resort (Source: PEOPLE.com)

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