Monica Thompson and Ryan Nelsen were married June 25, 2006 at the Calhoun Beach Club, Minneapolis, MN.
Parents are Philip and Gloria Thompson, Warren, MN and Wayne and Christine Nelsen, Christchurch, New Zealand. Grandmother is Betty Thompson, Valley City, ND.
Attendants were Nicole Safar, Madison, WI; Andrea Blinkman, Minneapolis, MN; Jennifer Kremer, Byron Bay, Australia; Ingrid Al-Sattam, Longville, MN; Kirsten Nelsen, Andrew Lawrence, and Paul and Stephanie Martin, Christchurch, New Zealand; Mark Thompson, Brainerd, MN; Simon Mitchell, Taichung, Taiwan; Simon Elliott, London, England; Gerard Davis, Auckland, New Zealand; Alexander Sandilands, Calgary, Canada. Assisting at the ceremony were Trevor Evenson, Austin, TX; George DuPonte, Tampa, FL; Hannah Wilhelm, Maple Grove, MN; Miriam Wilhelm, Princeton, MN; and Dennell and Allen Benson, Fairview, MT. Officiating at the ceremony was Rev. Richard Luedtke, Minneapolis, MN.
Monica is an independent educational consultant in England and Ryan plays professional soccer with the English Premiership for the Blackburn Rovers in England.
The couple will make their home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
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