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Floral

Lauren Baker

and

Ryan Mangum

October 3, 2026

Waxhaw, NC
106 days106 d18 hours18 h8 minutes8 min

Our Story

Thank you, Bryson!

If it weren't for that one FaceTime call...this wouldn't be happening! At Lauren's 15th birthday party, she and her friends played "Manhunt" dressed in all black, in the dark, with glow sticks. An alarmed neighbor called the police, and Lauren had to call her friend Bryson to tell him about it. As fate would have it, Bryson was sleeping over at Ryan's house. Seeing Ryan in the background of the FaceTime call, Lauren was immediately smitten. Ryan took Bryson's phone, and they stayed on FaceTime until 6 am the next day. A little less than a week later, at the Butler-Independence football game, Ryan gave Lauren a note asking her to be his girlfriend. So much has happened since then! High school graduation, a pandemic, college, long-distance, and college graduations! Ten years less a month later, we are getting married! We cannot wait to celebrate this moment with you.

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