Wedding
Kaitlin Taube & Matthew Bellinger
September 11, 2021
Kaitlin Taube, Lohman, and Matthew Bellinger, Jefferson City, were married at 3 p.m., September 11, 2021, at Timber Ridge Barn, Jefferson City. Ryan Claypool performed the double-ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Darrell and Rebecca Taube, Lohman. The groom is the son of Randy and Linda Bellinger, Jefferson City. Given in marriage by her parents, the bride wore an A-line spaghetti strapped dress with lace bodice and champagne underlay. The honor attendant was Hannah Aldrich, Columbia, friend of the bride. The attendants were Tabatha Crocker, Russellville, sister of the bride; Candice Taube, Holts Summit, sister of the bride; and Sarah Shelden, Russellville, friend of the bride. They wore maroon and dusty rose gowns. The best man was Aaron Keel, Jefferson City, friend of the groom. The groomsmen included Brandon Bellinger, Jefferson City, brother of the groom; Brian Brookins, Loveland, Colo.., friend of the groom; and Matthew Rustemeyer, Jefferson City, friend of the groom. The flower girls were Kinsley Crocker, daughter of Tabatha and Darin Crocker, Russellville, and Ellie Mae Wadley, daughter of Candice Taube and Chris Wadley, Holts Summit, both nieces of the bride. The ring bearers were Liam Crocker, son of Tabatha and Darin Crocker, Russellville, and Kalon Wadley, son of Candice Taube and Chris Wadley, Holts Summit, both nephews of the bride. The ushers were Payton Taube and Colten Koenigsfeld, both of Russellville, nephews of the bride. A dinner and dance reception followed the ceremony at Timber Ridge Barn, Jefferson City. A rehearsal dinner, hosted by the groom's parents, was held September 10, 2021, at Timber Ridge Barn, Jefferson City. The bride is a 2012 graduate of Cole R-1 High School, Russellville, and a 2015 graduate of the University of Missouri - Columbia with a Bachelors of Social Work degree. She is currently attending the University of Missouri-Columbia pursuing a Masters of Public Affairs degree. She is an Analyst with the State Courts Administrator (State of Missouri). The groom is a 2010 graduate of Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City; a 2016 graduate of Lincoln University, Jefferson City, with a Bachelors of Mathematics Education degree; and a 2019 graduate of Central Methodist University, Fayette, with a Masters of Mathematics degree. He is a Mathematics Instructor at State Technical College of Missouri. After a wedding trip to the Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake of the Ozarks, the couple resides in Jefferson City.