Dalton and I both grew up in Rockwall, Texas. We went to the same after-school day care (at different times) and the same high school. We are only a year apart, he graduated a year before I had. He knew a little bit about me in high school, but I didn’t have any clue who he was. There were a few mutual friends between us but we never really ended up meeting each other when we were younger and living in Rockwall. With years of dating different people, no one really seemed to be “the one.” That was, until we met (matched) on a dating site, called “bumble.” I had just downloaded the app and so had he. Neither of us had been on a date from a dating site, let alone downloaded any other kind of dating app, until we both matched on “bumble.” Come to find out, we were both living in Tyler, Texas. After a few weeks of messaging back and forth we finally went on a date to a small sports bar, called Republic Icehouse in Tyler, where we were both currently living. We wanted to keep it simple, nothing fancy (per my request). The date happened so last minute with both of our conflicting schedules that I showed up in my gym outfit because I had just finished exercising. I felt so gross meeting him like that but of course, the gentlemen he is, he told me that I looked great anyways. We both ordered a beer and realized that we had the same favorite beer which automatically gave us a connection. We spent hours and hours talking to each other (mostly me starting converstaions, since he’s quiet), getting to know one another. Now here we are planning a wedding.. on the beach..In HAWAII.. We are so excited to spend the rest of our lives together and hope we can visit with you on our big day!