Our story began long before we realized it, woven into the fabric of our shared memories over the years. I first met Austin when his family, the Nobles, moved into my neighborhood 21 years ago. His younger sister, Annie, quickly became my very best friend. We are still best friends to this day! We share countless memories together that include Austin too. From swimming on hot summer days, to celebrating birthdays, graduations, and vacations together. So many of my most cherished memories were made with the Nobles. But it wasn’t until later that I began to see Austin in a new light. I was in middle school, and I remember the first time I thought, "Annie’s older brother is cute." At that time, the idea of anything more felt impossible—Austin was three years older, and the notion of being interested in my best friend’s brother seemed taboo. But still, I found myself looking forward to seeing him at family events, always asking Annie about his life, admiring his determination as he pursued college and a career. Even then, I cared for him in a way I didn’t quite understand. As we both went our separate ways through life, we each had our own relationships, but something was always missing. I never truly felt whole, never truly happy, until one day, everything changed. We reconnected at Annie's baby shower in April 2024, and from that moment on, it was crystal clear that he was the missing piece to the puzzle of my life. The realization that the love I had always been searching for had been right there in front of me the whole time is still mind blowing. Timing is everything and our stars had finally aligned. What we share now feels like a dream come true. I have found my soulmate, my partner in every sense of the word. The love we share is deeper and more real than I could have ever imagined. Austin and I are not just a couple; we are a team. Together with Emmett, Noah, baby Graham, Rose, and Bruce, we are a family, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him. Our love has been years in the making, and I am so incredibly grateful that it has led us to this beautiful moment. I can't wait to marry the love of my life, on November 8th, 2025.

Let me tell you about my Love. Some refer to her as Kaitlin, Mama, Auntie Kay-Kay & Katie Ann, but I simply know her as “my Love”. It’s fitting for her & never before have I met another that can wear the title so well. The story of our love has been a gradual development, spawning from a time in our youth when I was the older brother of a friend & she was the girl next door. Hard to believe that those two kids would grow up, mature & build lives totally apart from one another, only to be reunited by a wish on a balloon, a prayer for a fresh start & a simple twist of fate. It was a humbling reminder that life is full of surprises and love too can find you when least expected --- let me share with you the time when I first realized my Love was perfect. It was the middle of summertime, and we were making our way thru the Superstition mountains heading out to Diversion Dam for a weekend camping trip with friends. We were driving in my ol’ Ford pickup, had the quads & jeep all loaded up on the trailer we were pulling, and as we began inching up some steeper grades outside of Globe, she leaned over from the passenger seat turning off the AC. This had me curious, of all things to turn off at that moment…I knew she wasn’t cold, so I gave her a puzzled look & she answered with “I didn’t want your truck to overheat while going up these hills”…that was it, that was all I needed to hear. That girl riding passenger was now in the driver’s seat (driving my heart crazy that is). Since then, life has continued to keep us on our toes, our tribe is growing in numbers (sweet baby Graham has arrived, Happy & Healthy), and we have begun laying down roots in the wonderful town of Pinetop. Talk about busy times, the hours are passing as if they were seconds, but when we lay down beside one another at the end of a long day, I fall asleep knowing that I’m the luckiest man alive & wake beside her, knowing that all my dreams have come true. That is how I know she’s the one, she reminds me of a love I’ve never had & inspires me to build a future that I never knew I wanted. November 8th is going to be the most monumental day of my life, I can hardly wait to celebrate new beginnings, our love & above all, my Love.