We’re getting married and we’re so excited you get to witness us exchange our love for one another!

I worked at Lantern Beverage, Jefferson’s local liquor store and Keston was a frequent flyer… and I mean daily. Keston will tell you he only came in daily to see me, however, I didn’t give him the time of day and asked for his ID every single time he came in. One day I was out with my friends and was on a mutual friends social media when Keston asked that friend if I was single. So what did I do? I messaged Keston saying that I heard he was asking about me. Immediately after that Facebook message, we hit it off and the conversation was flowing easy as ever. (And just so we’re clear- if it wasn’t for me reaching out to Keston because he was scared, we wouldn’t be celebrating a marriage 😉). A few days later we were on our first date to Biscotti’s. Fast forward a few weeks... Keston stayed the night at my house for the first time. Well, from that one time of having a sleepover turned into a man who never left my house. But even better than that, it turned out to be my lifelong best friend. My forever partner in life. I’m beyond thankful that Keston was a frequent flyer to the ole Lantern Beverage.

This one’s pretty simple. If you ask Keston's side, he’ll tell you I joked with him until I was blue in the face about wanting a ring. All while joking with him, the man had a ring stashed away waiting on the perfect time. My best friend and MOH, Morgan, was set to do our maternity pictures. The day we were originally scheduled was a monsoon out, Keston worked all day and came home and fell asleep, sleeping through the time we were supposed to be there. Morgan kept texting me asking to still come out and do them and just use an umbrella. Me, not even thinking I was supposed to be proposed to, told Morgan she was crazy. Later that night Keston woke up and panicked because we missed our photo shoot, due to what he thought was him oversleeping. Keston was actually really upset we didn’t make it to these pictures. I still was clueless and just thought he wanted maternity pictures done. Also keep in mind, for weeks before this photo shoot Keston kept telling me to get my nails done. I also didn’t put the two together. Fast forward to 07.17.23, we were finally set for pictures and I texted Morgan to cancel just because I was 38 weeks pregnant and didn’t feel like getting ready. She refused to let me cancel and she and Keston both told me I’d regret not getting the pictures done. I agreed and we went to the photo shoot. Keston was picking at his nails the entire ride which is something he typically doesn’t do and when I asked about it he just said “I can’t have dirty nails for pictures”. Immediately we get there, we all get out of the car and Morgan starts posing us. She snaps a few pictures of us together and then does a pose which to any person would be a dead giveaway where I turn around and he faces supposedly her but in reality when she tells me to turn around he’s on one knee with a ring in his hand. If I remember correctly I said “shut up are you serious right now” and “is this a prank”. To say I was completely caught off guard is an understatement.