Join us for a little party to celebrate a lot of love!

I had never been so excited and nervous at the same time! Not only was this our first date, but also our first time meeting each other in person. I remember texting Wesley and telling him just how nervous I was. Looking back, it was very obvious that we were both equally excited and nervous. To prepare for the date, I went out and bought a brand new dress (Light blue with thin white stripes) and spent way too much time trying to do my hair and make up. When I was getting ready for our date, this first date just felt so different from others. I remember my grandma helping iron my dress and I stopped what I was doing and took a picture to capture the moment. I felt like something was saying, "This moment is important, make sure you capture it. Tonight is going to change your life." I remember praying all the way from my house to the restaurant for God to calm my nerves and the date to go well. (And boy did it go well!) When I arrived, I called Wesley and he said he would meet me at the entrance of the restaurant. As I walked up, my eyes instantly found him and a huge smile spread across my face. With each step we took towards each other my nervousness seemed to melt away. When we were finally standing face to face, Wesley pulled me into a hug and a calming wave of relief washed over me. After we greeted each other and began small talk I noticed his outfit. Jeans and a light blue shirt with a thin white lined design. (No, we did not coordinate on purpose!) After getting a table I told Wesley that I needed to send a message to my family letting them know I made it to the restaurant. In reality I was texting a friend of mine and said, "He is 10x cuter in person and now I am 10x more nervous". Most of our starting conversation is a blur, but I do remember as we were looking at the menus trying to figure out what to order I had to put my menu flat on the table. My hands were shaking so bad that every time I would try to pick up the menu it would start to shake a little bit. After we ordered, the rest of the night felt like it flew by. After spending 2 hours talking in the restaurant Wesley walked me to my car and we spent another hour standing in the parking lot talking. I did not want the date to end. I just wanted to spend the whole night talking with this guy I just met. And yet it felt like I had known him for so much longer than that. I remember standing next to my car and we started saying our goodbye's and in my head I was screaming "Just kiss me already!" Buuuut like a true gentleman Wesley told me good night, made sure I got in my car safely, and walked to his car. From then on I was smitten. I went home and spent the rest of the night sitting with my mom and grandma (and dad who pretended like he was not part of the conversation) telling them all about the date. From the moment I saw him from across the Cheesecake Factory parking lot, a part of me already knew that was it. Now I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with a guy I decided to swipe right on bumble and give a chance.

Proposing to Lexandra was one of the moments in life where I felt that the moment had to be pretty much perfect. The most important part of the plan had to be asking Rusty for his daughters hand. No man ever wants to give away his daughter, and for me to have his blessing to marry such a beautiful, wonderful, loving, and caring person, it is an honor that I will never forget and will honor as a man that loves Lexandra. Lexandra has become my best friend and everything to me these last few years. We continually learn more n more of each other and cherish all our time together. I can honestly say that she has my heart fully and that I love her. Leading up to the day there was many things that I was praying would align for what I has constructed myself as the perfect proposal in my mind. Thankfully God aligned everything for the day perfectly. It was a gorgeous sunny day, not too hot as well setup for the perfect timing. We made plans to go the a peony festival that day with her parents. There was one place that I had seen online that was perfect and I wanted to propose at. It was a popular photo spot so definitely felt like it was going to be a grueling wait. Thankfully it wasn't and we got to the spot to take photos which is always the plan when we're out together, at least a few of our adventures for sure. My nerves were the most challenging for me, I am fearful of large crowds as well being the center of attention. Knowing these things, I wanted to overcome my biggest fears to show my love for Lexandra. Before we were done getting photos taken, I stopped and said I had one more picture I wanted to take and got down on my knee to ask Lexandra to be my wife and she said YES. I can't wait for where life takes us as Husband and Wife, all the memories we will make and I will cherish her for a lifetime together.