Mike Hough and Natalie Kessler

An Oct. 2 wedding in the Outer Banks, N.C., is being planned by Natalie Kessler and Mike Hough, both of Pittsburgh.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Patricia and Dennis Kessler of Pittsburgh. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Rhonda and John Hough of Butler.

The bride-elect is a 1999 graduate of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and in 2003 from Clarion University. She is employed as an instructional designer at Dicks Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh.

Her fiance graduated in 1999 from Butler High School and in 2003 from Robert Morris University. He is employed as a producer, director and studio manager at New Perspective Productions in Pittsburgh.