Those close to us know that our mothers are always bragging about getting us together. They were both in band together and it was only natural to direct Trey to help me in my first year at Arkansas Tech University. I was at a school event and my best friend Molly urges me to message him to meet us and hang out. We all ended up at his dorm playing Apples to Apples and there was never a day we didn’t hang out after that and we became “Facebook official” in September of that year.

We like to take walks around Lake Atalanta and there is a spot just under halfway around the lake that has a boardwalk leading to seating areas, completely surrounded by flourishing trees. I(Amanda) always found it to be so beautiful so I would make him stop every time so I could get pictures of it. Finally, on one of these walks and right at this stop, Trey was just pointing down the boardwalk and while I was looking to see what he was directing me towards he got down on one knee with the ring. You guys! Let me be honest and say I really thought this man had found a random ring someone lost and was just making a joke, he definitely had to ask like three times before I knew he was serious (😭).