Fate definitely brought Dylan and Carley together. Dylan and Carley met one spring day in Clemson, South Carolina after Dylan had surprised his family with a home visit, post deployment. Dylan had been visiting friends in Clemson, where Carley was living and went to school. After talking, they realized, this was God's plan. Carley had been offered a job in Dallas, TX a month prior, but declined the offer. Dylan had been offered a career change that would have meant deploying more often, but also declined. Had one of these two accepted their opportunities, we would likely not be here today. After many months long distance, with Dylan in New Mexico, and Carley in South Carolina, Carley made the decision to close the distance and move to the small town of Alamogordo. Now, 1.5 years after living together, and in the new city of San Antonio, TX, we get to celebrate their marriage.