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December 16, 2017
Llano, TX
#EbenBetterTogether

Samantha & John

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John Eben

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Samantha Smith

#EbenBetterTogether

December 16, 2017

Llano, TX

How Our Story Began

Although John and Samantha have known each other since they were little, their love story started only 2 years ago. It was January 6th of 2015 and John was on vacation in Seattle, Washington with his sister, her husband, and one of his sisters. Samantha was in Willis, Texas where she lived during college. Samantha was checking her Snapchat during a break in class, and ended up opening a story John posted. He had posted an image of the famous Gum Wall in downtown Seattle. Samantha was unaware that John was vacationing in Seattle. She was under the impression that he was in Austin, where he lived. Samantha was interested in checking out the Gum Wall, but wanted to know where exactly it was located in Austin. She messaged him through Snapchat asking where it was located. From there they sent Snapchats continuously for two weeks. Then John asked for Samantha's number, and they started texting non-stop until one weekend John was planning on going to Columbus for the weekend (their hometown). He asked Samantha if she was going to be in town, but Samantha was not planning on driving home that weekend. That night Samantha figured she should go to Columbus, and just see what would happen. What was there to loose? That Saturday morning (January 24th of 2015) she informed John that she decided to go to Columbus. John then asked Samantha if she would like to go on a date. Of course Samantha said yes! Although Samantha was nervous as all get out! They had decided to go into Katy, and grab something to eat and then go to a Hookah Lounge and chat. The date included non-stop talking and laughing. From there they went on two more dates until John asked Samantha to be his girlfriend on March 8th of 2015.

The Proposal

Since Seattle Washington holds a special place in John & Samantha's hearts, they decided to vacation their for the second time on their two year anniversary. John & Samantha flew out to Seattle on March 5th of 2017. They stayed in a hotel near the airport since the flight got in pretty late. On the morning of March 6th they packed all their items and headed out to Snoqualmie, Washington. They wanted to check out the Snoqualmie Falls. On the way to the falls, snow covered the tress on both sides of the road. It was truly beautiful! Upon arrival of the falls, it had starting lightly snowing. John & Samantha walked down the path to view the amazing fall. The fall was absolutely breathtaking. Samantha never wanted to leave! The snow had stopped, so John & Samantha took pictures of the fall. At that point, John told Samantha to turn around and look at the fall so he could take a picture of her admiring the fall. While Samantha was staring at the fall, John was preparing for the proposal. John called for Samantha to turn around, and when she did John was on one knee with the most beautiful ring in his hand. John said, "Will you marry me baby?". Samantha was in total shock, but said, "YES!". After John proposed, it started snowing harder! It was a dream come true!

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