I (Becca) believe we met for the first time, three times. Yup, you read that right. The first meeting was when CJ shook my hand (how romantic right?) at a church small group that I went to when I moved to Conway in the Summer of 2018. The second first meeting took place about two weeks later at none other than Coastal Carolina's campus where CJ was walking out of the building as I was walking in. You would think that this would be the perfect time to say hi, but instead I panicked and didn't say anything (uncharacteristic, I know) but it was only because I didn't think CJ would remember me (little did I know, CJ remembers everyone he meets). So we both just continued walking in our different directions. The third first meeting happened about a week later at The Rock Church. This is when CJ asked me if I was the girl that just stared at him and kept walking. After we met three times, we both continued to attend the same church service every Sunday night for a year. I was trying to drop some hints during this time but CJ was CLUELESS! One Sunday in April 2019 I was sitting alone at church alone and CJ came and sat a few chairs over (I think you know where this one’s going) I knew this was my final shot. It's go time baby! So I invited him to move closer and after the service I stayed around to talk to CJ so I could pull the classic "Hey would you, like, wanna hang out sometime?" Finally after a year CJ got the hint! That weekend CJ took me out on our first date and the rest is history!

About a week before the proposal, CJ told me he wanted to get some pictures taken together so he wanted me to get all dressed up and ready. Now I know what you’re thinking, “go take pictures together?” That's a total set up for a proposal, but it didn’t seem that strange because a few months earlier we had a friend ask for some couples to shoot for her photographer business. So, Saturday, May 15th CJ and I had spent the whole day just hanging out. He was so calm and acting normal so every time I had thought “maybe he will propose” I shot that idea down because nothing really seemed out of the ordinary. The time came for the photoshoot. We started taking some pictures in downtown Conway in front of the court house, where I made the joke “people probably think we just got married” (not a very funny joke anymore!) We left Conway to head to Coastal’s Baseball field. I personally thought this was kind of an odd place to take photos, but CJ is a huge sports fan so I just went with it. We got to the field and it was totally empty. Again, nothing out of the ordinary. We took a few photos together. I could feel CJ’s heart beating really fast but I just figured it was because he couldn’t believe how good I looked in all the photos! The photographer then asked me to sit down and CJ went behind me. I was too busy soaking up my time in the spotlight to realize CJ was behind me getting on one knee. I got up and turned around and you guessed it…. SOBBED and then I saw the ring and SOBBED even more. Right after a big YES a group of our closest friends came out of the announcer’ box to celebrate the moment. It was truly a day we both will never forget.