When we first met (well started communicating) in October 2012, I lived in Arizona at the time and was in the process of moving back to Missouri. Dakota and I had profiles on Meet Me (Formally known as myyearbook) he had added a bunch of people from Rolla because he has just moved there and I happened to be one of them. I, of course, messaged him first! We started talking non stop from then on until I moved back to Rolla. We finally hung out that November with a group of my friends. Then that December we started dating. Just like every couple we had our rough patches and ups and downs but we eventually found our way back to each other. So here we are five years later, finally having a wedding! (About time right?)

We first moved in together in January of 2017 in good ole Fayetteville Arkansas. I started school at University of Arkansas and Dakota was a lot closer to work! Soon after we got relocated to California for Dakotas job. So here we are in California, living in our second apartment together.

Okay it wasn't really in a courthouse per say, but rather in a 91 year old lady's living room in front of her TV! It was kinda of awkward and extremely humid, but definitely memorable. Dakota said 'Yes ma'am' instead of I Do and there was no objections! We took pictures afterwards and that was that.