Dede & Dylan's genuine curiosity about each other sparked their senior year during strength class at Father Ryan High School. Dylan says it was realizing how down to earth she was and Dede says it was how special he made her feel. The sweet flirting turned into a committed relationship as they ventured off to college. Dede went to Alabama and Dylan went to Wallace State, about an hour and a half away, to play baseball. After a year of traveling back and forth and their TN roots tugging them back home, both decided to transfer to the University of TN Knoxville. They had one more year together in college before they took a 6 year hiatus to grow up and figure out life. The time apart was well spent building careers, traveling, seeing live music, and being with family and best friends. Dede and Dylan managed to pop back up for each other and talk here and there over the years, but little did they know how much they were still in each others' hearts. As Dylan said in their first marriage preparation meeting, Dede never left him that whole time... and Dede said that Dylan always felt like home. In 2018, they reconnected over Bonnaroo plans and there was no turning back! Live music is definitely their shared happy place so it was only fitting that it brought them back together. After the big proposal in Boulder, Colorado, the newly engaged couple celebrated the night dancing away at Red Rocks Amphitheater. They call each other high school sweethearts, they can't wait to add to their big Irish Catholic families, they work hard and plan to live on a farm one day, they are committed to always having fun and staying active, and vow to love each other like they always have. It has been 12 years in the making and a lifetime of experiences to come.