For those of you who know Dylan, you know that his whole life has been God, family, and Duke Beach. For those of you who know Jess(me), you know that her whole life has been God, family, and Deerfield Beach. Luckily, our interests lined up for the best and we actually met for the first time down at the Harpeth River (though we really didn’t hit it off at first, whoops). Having mutual friends that attended the same church as us, we finally got to spend time together one Sunday Brunch after having service at Zeal! From there, I would say sparks pretty much started flying (literally through the air for those of yall who know what I’m talking about), though he would tell you he was cautious at first… “I don’t trust pretty girls”. From then on, we spent our summer down at Duke Beach, which is Dylan’s family’s property down by the Harpeth River in Kingston Springs, where Dylan was born and raised, and have been pretty much inseparable since then. Dylan proposed on January 8th, 2022 in Rock Island, TN. He took me on a hike down at Twin Falls and had an amazing canvas full of pictures from our amazing 8 months together set up by the water! He even had a photographer there to capture the whole thing! From there, we went back to his longtime friends Geer and Jessica’s house to a surprise engagement party where both of our families were. It was the absolutely most perfect day and we cannot wait to be married surrounded by our closest friends and family on May 14th, 2022, 2 days before our 1 year anniversary! “We couldn’t even make it a year to be married.” Thank you for reading our story and we can’t wait to celebrate with you!