Ty and I met in the summer of 2015 when we happened to work together. He was just starting out there, I returned each summer between school years. I was looking forward to being home with my family and friends after a stressful spring semester in my junior year. My mom (who also happened to work with us) announced to all my work friends that I would be coming home for the summer and I needed to have a good break, with lots of fun, good times and laughs. After a few group outings with a mixture of our friends, and some playing hard to get on both of our parts, Ty picked me up from work one night and took me to get frozen yogurt. We sat on the back of his pickup truck and talked about life. We realized that we shared a lot of common ideas on family, the future, what we wanted our lives to look like as the years go by. A few weeks later, we went on a 'double-date' with my parents to NYC to see Jersey Boys. From that point on, we were virtually inseparable. After the best summer ever, the time came for me to head back to Florida State and we talked a lot about what we wanted out of our relationship, not having a roadmap, not knowing how things would turn out. We made the difficult decision to try long distance. Ty flew to Florida every chance he could get, and I came home a little more frequently than I ever did. Long distance was hard, but we worked together to get through it.

Flash forward to 2019 - Ty pulled off the surprise of a lifetime when he popped the question at our Vellucci Family Reunion! My whole family was in on it, he was so nervous, and I was so unsuspecting that I almost passed out. For a girl who dreamed of being engaged to this man since the day we met, it was the absolute perfect day. My parents had me convinced that they hired photographers for the reunion so that my dad would get some pictures of his whole family in one place. So, when we went to take our annual group photo, Ty pulled me away from the group and asked me to marry him in front of everyone. It was really special and we got the whole thing on video! Now, we are so excited to begin our lives together as husband and wife and move ahead with all the things we talked about right from our beginning at our first 'fro-yo' date - and we especially can't wait to share our wedding day with all of our favorite people in one room!