Sometimes the universe, in its infinite wisdom, sees two wonderful people and brings them together. In Josh & Ashley’s case, Afton Bishop helped the cause along by introducing the duo during a pub crawl. November the 8th of 2013 began their story. I met Ashley in September the evening of 2011. Which means, I was able to witness everything from the beginning between these two. From the first kiss, moving in together in June of 2014, adopting Ranger & Bailey, many cookouts with friends and family, hosting the annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, trips to Florida, and more moments in between, you could tell these two were in it together come high or low tide. Sometimes they cook, watch tv, busted out the Super Nintendo, or whatever pops into their minds. The activity isn’t so much important as the time spent together. One of Ashley’s favorite memories together. Josh gets her into the truck, and starts driving leaving her clueless as to the destination. At a certain point, she is wondering if this man is just taking her deeper into the woods where she’d never be seen again. Thankfully, our man here is smooth, and stole her away to a river-house that became a favorite destination. One of Josh’s favorite early memories is when they stole away to the drive-in movie theater in June of 2014. Josh also wrote, played, and recorded a love song for Ashley, and because music is his love-language it was amazing. To say nothing of the way they message each other would be criminal. They end conversations or sprinkle in the Czech phrase miluji tě navždy, which translates to I love you my forever. The proposal on December 22nd of 2017 Josh sat her down, had her close her eyes, and slipped away for a moment. She waited patiently for his return, and when Ashley opened her eyes to the love of her life holding her hand and a beautiful ring. She says yes without hesitation of course! It has been my honor to be friends with these two and watch “the story of us,” unfold.