Like all good love stories, ours started over coffee and a bagel. On our first date, that I was less than enthused to go on, Jake showed up 30 minutes late. Not ideally how you want to start your love story, but alas here we are. We sat and we talked about our families, our friends, summer camp, how we ended up in Atlanta, and our careers for hours. We finally called an end to our coffee date and parted ways. I sent the "thanks for a great date" text as all good first dates should have, but to no response from Jake. You see, Jake, being the Hess that he is - is late, to everything. So in Hess fashion, he didn't mention to me that he was going to miss his flight if he didn't leave our first date hours earlier and was fighting Atlanta Friday rush hour traffic to try and make it home for the holidays. Hours later I got a Facetime call from Jake - he said "I know this sounds insane but I missed my flight home to Denver tonight, would you want to come have coffee with me before my flight tomorrow morning at the airport?" To which I replied "You know whats even more insane? That my alarm is set for 3:30am and I'll see you in the morning". Another successful coffee date in the books and as I left Jake in the terminal he turned around and said to me "I think I'm going to fall in love with you". I remember getting into my car and feeling like I was floating, like the whole world had just stopped and started all at the same time. I called my best friends and told them all about our first date, they thought he was either the best man on the planet, or a serial killer. Jury is still deciding on that one! A week later he came home to Atlanta and we've been inseparable ever since! The phrase "you know when you know" feels like the most cliche and the most fitting expression. We both just knew that this person was our person. Every date, every sunset walk and every laugh until my stomach hurt, it just solidified what I knew all along, that I just met the man I was going to marry. And now here we are - on our wedding website planning our dream wedding! So here's to the planning days ahead, and many more cups of coffee! To our family & friends: Please bring tissues to the wedding. I cried writing this story, I can only imagine what it will feel like on the day of. Happy tears are welcomed and encouraged! See you soon!