Ashley and Mickey met while students at the University of Arkansas. A mutual friend invited them to a party on a cold February night. From across the room, Mickey wondered why Ashley would wear a bare midriff in the winter and Ashley wondered why Mickey would wear a wool bathrobe out of the house. Clearly, interests were piqued. Soon after, Mickey asked Ashley on a date to Hugo's. However, their love story took an eight year hiatus when Ashley, a worldly almost 21 year old, was invited to Mickey’s 19th birthday party. Luckily, they remained close friends and Ashley finally got over their 3 year age difference on a trip to New Orleans, where romance blossomed surrounded by friends and family.

It was a Friday night in December. Ashley had just woken from a nap when Mickey returned from walking their beloved Frenchie, Besa. Besa was wearing a Christmas elf costume with a gift bag tied to her harness. Ashley assumed the bag contained a gift certificate to a cooking class she wanted to take, so she was utterly shocked to find an engagement ring inside. So shocked, in fact, that she kept yelling "Are you kidding me!?" until Mickey got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. Ashley excitedly said "Yes!". She is still waiting to take that cooking class.