Somewhere between countless bowling dates and many Friday nights full of movies + Hot Pockets, our relationship began to grow during junior year of high school. Although it only lasted a short time, the impact left behind was much larger. Some of Nates closest loved ones repeatedly heard, "I'm gonna marry her one day.." over the course of the next few years and Morgan thought he was absolutely nuts! Well fast forward a few years and here we are!

After a failed morning mission to find a perfect clam shell on Carolina Beach, Nate befriended a local chef to help him out. The chef opened up his restaurant early to boil up some clams, clean them and delivered Nate a few options to present the ring in during his proposal. Nate had a whole evening planned for us, which included a beautiful proposal along the shoreline and ended with a firework show from the boardwalk. (Okay.. that was a weekly occurrence but we like to say he planned that too!) It was an amazing start to our North Carolina adventure!