It all began May 13, 2019, when Hannah began working at the Wellness Center in Boone, NC, or so they thought. Come to find out about 2 weeks into dating, Dustin and Hannah had met about a year earlier at Appalachian Mountain Brewing Company when he came to one of Hannah's graduate school hangouts with someone else! Neither one really remembered the other but it's funny to laugh about what a small town Boone is. Dustin and Hannah's story had been in the works far before they officially met. Dustin asked Hannah if she would like to stay and lift with his Olympic lifting group after work which she eagerly agreed to and the rest is history...

Wide open spaces has always been a love of Dustin and Hannah's. It only seemed right that the proposal take place on Dustin's mom's family ranch just outside of Elkin, NC. The two of them headed down from Boone, NC for Dustin's family's weekly Sunday night dinner to enjoy some good food, a relaxing time, and a wonderful surprise. Little did Hannah know, Dustin had been planning his proposal with his family for weeks. After dinner Sunday, Dustin enlisted his nieces, Delilah and Rylan, to be his hidden photographers for when he officially popped the question. Dustin took Hannah on a ride around the property on the gator and down to the pond where he got down on one knee and asked for Hannah to marry him. Delilah and Rylan popped out of the bushes to take pictures. As the four of them rode back up to his mom's house, the family was waiting with open arms and lots of hugs!