We're getting married!

They met in middle school when Laura moved to Hernando. During the ninth grade, Laura got Sam's phone number from a mutual friend and they started 'talking', but Sam took a nap and Laura likes to say he didn't wake up until senior year. They had a class together senior year and Laura walked in the first day knowing she wanted to date Sam. They casually dated until graduation night when Sam asked Laura to be his girlfriend. From there they’ve been everywhere together.

All of their friends always asked when they were going to get engaged. Laura hinted for years that she was ready, but Sam liked to take his time. Laura was leaving for Paris, France to study abroad in the fall of 2017 and they wouldn't see each other until December. The weekend before Laura was supposed to leave, Sam said they should go to his family's cabin in Missouri to spend one last weekend together relaxing before she left. They went up and spent time with his family then went back to their cabin to grill out for the night. Laura was in her pajamas and Sam was being really sentimental which was different, but then he just stood up. Laura thought he was going to get another beer, but when she turned around he was on one knee. She doesn't remember what he said, but she said yes!