Jill Carlson and Shane Means of Santa Barbara County were married Aug. 5 at the Carlson residence in Napa in a Mexican fiesta-themed backyard wedding.

The matron of honor was Kali Schlieman and the bridesmaids were Nubia Flores, Anne Gott, Abbie Gaylord, Shelby Means, Allison LaPlante and Stacey Caballero.

The best man was John Misch and the groomsmen were Scott Schlieman, Justin Newberry, Chad Belisario, Bergen Moore, Rod Simpkins and Marcus Fox. Flower girls were Kira Schlieman and Rylee Means, and the ring bearer was Zack Schlieman.

A reception was held at the Carlson home in Napa.

The couple honeymooned in St. Martin for one week.

The bride is the daughter of Karen and Terry Carlson of Napa. She graduated from Napa High School in 1994 and received a degree in environmental studies from UC Santa Barbara in 1998 and a master’s in education from UCSB in 2002. She enjoys soccer, hiking, kickball and Heads Up 7-Up. She is employed by Goleta Union School District as a first-grade teacher.

The groom is the son of Dave Means of Napa and Pam Means of Napa. He is the grandson of Walt and Carol Lema of Napa and Ginny Means of Napa. He graduated from Vintage High School in 1994 and from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, in computer science in 2001. Shane enjoys hiking, guitar, kickball and Liar’s Dice, and is employed by Infogenesis as a software engineer in Santa Barbara.