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We’re so glad you’re here! We put together this wedding website to share stories of our life together and to make it easy for you to have all of the information you need for our wedding day. This includes location, hotel information, timeline, FAQ’s, registry, etc. We love you all and can’t wait to celebrate with you on our special day!!

Andrew and I first met in 2017 at The Goat Farm in Atlanta. We were both there for a photography meetup that neither of us had attended before. We walked around separately, chatting with various people and getting to know other industry professionals in our area. Andrew and I crossed paths and we got to talking, of course! He had just returned home from a 6 -month deployment to Kuwait and I had taken a recent trip to Iceland for vacation, so we both had lots to talk about and interesting stories to share. This meetup was from 7pm-10pm with a break in between for the hosts to talk about important information, upcoming events, etc. We had met before the break, and we continued chatting until it was time to listen to the hosts. We stood together and listened, then walked around separately for a bit before the evening wrapped up. By the end of the night, there was a lot of equipment that needed to be moved, so Andrew and I both decided to stay and help. For most of my life, I have been known to have a messy car, so at this point in the evening, I was actively trying to make sure he wasn’t going to walk me to my car. His car was closer than mine, so we started making our way towards where he was parked. We ended up not being able to find his car within a timely manner, so he decided to walk me to mine. Nooooo!! I was freaking out on the inside! My only saving grace was that it was dark, so I was hoping he couldn’t see anything. We chatted on the walk and right when we got to my car and we were about to exchange goodbye’s, my brother (who was watching Savannah) called. Andrew literally waited for a couple of seconds and ended up just saying bye and leaving while I was on the phone. On one hand, I was relieved, because CAR, but I was also bummed a little. I’m thinking, you can’t wait just a minute for me to get off of the phone so we can say a proper goodbye, especially since we had just met. Luckily, we had already exchanged numbers earlier in the evening, so we could continue to get to know each other.

After I got home from meeting Andrew that night, I texted him to tell him it was nice meeting him and asked about uploading the photos we took at the meetup (there was a photo contest and I was hoping he remembered the details). We pretty much only talked about photography related topics for the next couple of weeks, then on 8/26/17, there was a big boxing match and Andrew sent me a picture of him and his brother enjoying a drink for the fight. From that night, we started to get to know each other more. I honestly couldn’t tell if he was interested in me in a romantic way or if he just wanted to be photography friends. He was super nice, but didn’t give me strong vibes one way or another. Almost two months later, he invited me to lunch. It kind of stopped me in my tracks because I felt like lunch was more of a friend type of get together. If it would’ve been dinner, I would’ve felt like he was trying to date me, but LUNCH. Nahh. He wants to be buddies! Fast forward a few texts and he lets me know that he’s unable to do lunch for our date, but that he could do DINNER! Wait, whaaaat? In my eyes, he was making sure I knew his intentions and that this was definitely a DATE! In actuality, he had something come up at work and just had to change the time of our meal together. We laugh about that now, of course! A few days before our date, I realized I had already made plans on that exact day with someone else! Another guy. Calm down and let me explain. There was this guy I had hung out with off and on the last year or two and it never really went anywhere. He was super nice and I enjoyed his company, so we would still hang out sometimes. He had invited me to a comedy show at Sweetwater and I still really wanted to go, but I needed to clarify something first. I asked him if it was ok if I invited other people, like friends and family. Luckily, he was totally fine with having others join us, so I invited a few people and also asked Andrew if he would like to come, that way we wouldn’t have to cancel our date after all! We decided to grab dinner before and chose The Optimist in Atlanta. Andrew had originally asked me if I liked oysters, and I explained to him that I had tried them multiple times and wasn’t a fan, but that I was willing to give it one last go. While at dinner, he proceeded to order a dozen oysters for us to try, and I quickly realized I STILL don’t like oysters! Luckily, we had ordered a few other things that I could eat, and we enjoyed the rest of our meal together. After dinner, we met up with everyone at Sweetwater for the show. It ended up being an awesome time! At one point during the show, I was sitting between Andrew and the friend who originally invited me, and I had my arms behind both of their chairs. One of the comedians made a joke, and Andrew started laughing and placed his hand on my leg! At that moment, I knew he was interested in more than just a friendship with me. I removed my arm from behind my friend’s chair and became more comfortable with Andrew. After the show, we sat in his car in a parking garage and talked for what seemed like an eternity. We ended up making out so much that his stubble caused me to have an actual rash on my chin. It scabbed over and everything! Of course I gave him the hardest time about it after! There were several more dates after that and about two months later, Andrew met Savannah. Handrew was officially born that day!

At this point in our relationship, Andrew and I had been dating almost two years. It was summer time and he was dying to grill out and have our family over for a barbecue one weekend. We decided on a weekend and got to planning. Unbeknownst to me, this was the weekend he planned to propose. He had spoken to my family and asked for their blessing, which they happily gave him. He also worked out logistics with my mom and let her know his plans. He had already bought the ring, of course, which he purchased in Alaska shortly before the barbecue. He decided to keep the proposal a secret from everyone but my parents. Shortly before the party, one of my brothers (who had bought a new grill) offered for everyone to gather at his house so we’d have a bit more room outside (they had a big yard). Andrew didn’t want to tell him that he was proposing, so he decided to do the proposal at my brother’s house instead. On the way over, he told me my mom wanted us to take pictures with everyone, so I decided to put on makeup and brush my hair to look more presentable. Thank you, Andrew! Once we got to my brother’s house and the boys started grilling, Andrew realized my brother didn’t have all of the tools he needed for the job. I still don’t know why Andrew went (my entire family was there), but he went to the store to grab a can opener and a couple of other items for the grill. When he got back, we ate and everyone started watching the Braves game. Andrew had recently traveled to Alaska to take photos/videos of a wilderness survival exercise, and at that point he asked everyone if he could show us a video he made from his trip. Surprisingly, the boys cut the game off and helped him set up his video. The video started off exactly as he has described. It showed different parts of the exercise and beautiful views he was able to see on his trip. Then, about half way through, he started talking about our relationship and recent conversations about him proposing and how if he was going to propose he would’ve done it in a place like this (he clicks the next slide and it’s a beautiful Alaskan mountain top), then he says that he would’ve done it with a ring like this (next slide is a picture of my ring in the box). As I am sitting there extremely confused, he pulled out a ring box, got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him! I didn’t stand up. I still have no idea why, but I just sat there and kept repeating “are you serious?”. I couldn’t believe he planned this whole thing without me knowing! Of course I said yes and we all celebrated together as a family!! I’m so happy that he included my family in the proposal. It meant the world to me!