Dakota & Ashton met on a blind date set up by two of our friends wanting to meet back on April 22, 2022. Dakota picked Ashton up at her house, and little did he know it was love at first sight. Ashton sent her sister a picture that night saying “I just met my husband”. Dakota, on the other hand, needed a little encouragement. After Ashton made him take her phone number, the love story took off. From meeting her dad on the second date at the Jimmy Buffet concert, to introducing her to rock on the third date. The following months were a constant back and forth having sleepovers at each other’s houses. Soon after, Ashton moved in with Dakota and started renovating the rock house into the rock home. Countless beach trips to morehead city, falls lake, and everywhere hunting took Dakota, Ashton followed right along. He taught her his favorite hobbies of hunting and fishing (ash has the bigger deer on the wall), and he learned the patience of shopping. Dakota finally asked Ashton to marry him on December 21, 2024 at the coast that so many memories have been made.