WE'RE GETTING MARRIED

Hi family & friends! First and foremost, Cory and I are so grateful that you've taken time to visit our website. We created this as a fun and convenient way for those near and far to keep in touch and celebrate with us. You can find all the details regarding our wedding here including venue, accommodations, registries, RSVP & more. We are beyond excited for this season that we get to celebrate with the ones who mean so much to us. As always, thank you all for your love & support.

A girl, a guy, a friend & a mom walk into a bar. Just kidding. Kind of. It all began February 2019. My friend Christi set up a girls night at a local Atlanta spot & she mentioned that her friend, Kathy, from work may join us with her husband, David, and son, Cory, because they were in the area… or so she said. Little did we know, the entire night had been secretly planned by Christi and Kathy. Later that night when they all arrived, I remember thinking the son was cute, but I was so wrapped up with my girlfriends that I quickly introduced myself & then continued my conversations. At some point, David came up to me & we started chatting. I even shared my pulled pork sliders with him! Eventually, Cory came over & joined the conversation. At which point, David says he backed away once he saw that we were hitting it off. Awhile later, we started a game of duckpin bowling & Cory mentioned that he could partner with his parents, but Christi immediately said “No! Your partner is Andi.” I remember giving her a look because she was being weird, but didn’t think much else of it. Cory & I chatted the entire game, he played great, I didn’t - but no one is surprised by that. The night ended with us saying a quick goodbye in the pouring rain & going our separate ways. No phone numbers exchanged, no further plans made. A few days later, I received a Facebook message from Cory saying he had a great time & enjoyed meeting me. Now, this is where you’re going to roll your eyes, because after a few messages back & forth, I stopped responding. FOR 10 DAYS. Not because I wasn’t interested, but because I was (am?) notoriously bad at texting. Christi eventually asked if I had heard from him & I told her yes, but that conversations died down. She knew better though and convinced me to reply and to my surprise, conversation picked up again quickly. I shared my number with him (to prevent any further mishaps) & we set up a date.

We met for dinner at Marlow's Tavern. If you know us both well, then you know I'm the chatty one out of the two of us & Cory is more reserved. I also didn’t date much, when I did I was pretty intentional. So, I was probing for all the usual red flags. Conversation came easily & what I noticed most about Cory was how kind, hard-working, genuine, & respectful he was. At the end of the night, I knew I wanted to see him again. Thankfully, he asked me on a second date before the first one even ended. Ha! We set up another date, and then another, and another. Each date was better than the last and I liked him more and more. Looking back, I now understand the saying “when you know, you know.” There was just something about this heart that I really loved & felt connected to. Remember how I said the night we met was one big, secret plan by Christi & Kathy? Well this entire time, Cory & I thought it was by chance that we met the way we did. Until a few dates in when I mentioned to Cory how Christi said his family happened to be in the area that night & decided to stop by. Cory gave me a funny look & told me they definitely were not in the area, that they drove 45-minutes because his mom wanted to meet a work friend. We were both very confused & then grew suspicious. I called Christi immediately after the date to ask if the night we met was a set up. She replied “Of course it was!” and told me that Kathy thought Cory would be too shy if he knew there was someone she wanted him to meet, and if I found out I wouldn’t have shown up. Ha! She was totally right, I probably wouldn’t have. Usually I would’ve given Christi a hard time, but in this case I was thankful. I knew that Cory was special & he had shared that he felt the same about me. Now here we are over 2 years later, preparing to spend our lives together. I can’t imagine my life without Cory. This once skeptical, extremely independent and happily single girl will forever believe, “when you know, you know”.

Cory here, dishing all the deets of our proposal. It all started when we booked a trip to Antigua with our friends Wes, Ashley, Josh & Katie. I knew I wanted to propose to Andi & what better place to do it than paradise. It was originally booked for November but in true 2020 form, COVID hit 5 out of 6 of us just before our trip & we had to reschedule. Fast forward to December, we are officially going to Antigua & let me tell you, hiding a diamond ring in a backpack across 2 flights, through security & customs, all while trying to keep my cool so Andi didn't realize something was up, was a new level of stress. Never been more thankful for airport beers! Once we arrived, Wes & I quickly got the girls settled at the pool so we could put together a plan. We ultimately decided it would all go down on the beach at sunset the next day. Photographers walked the resort offering to take photos of guests, so we scheduled a session to capture the proposal & told Andi it was just something fun for us to do together to remember the trip. The next day, as we waited for Josh & Katie to arrive, I practiced my speech with Wes on repeat. As the day progressed, we received updates from them & it became clear they would be cutting it close. Andi asked a million questions about why the photos had to be taken that day & why we couldn't just reschedule so Katie had enough time to get ready (#GirlCode). Luckily, they arrived just in time. The sun was setting quickly so we had to move fast. I gave everyone my queue, Wes slipped me the ring, and the photographer put us in the cheesiest pose of all time, to which Andi gave us all the side eye because she thought the photoshoot was doomed. But she ultimately laughed & played along. It was then, on December 7 at 5:30 on a beach in Antigua that I asked Andi to be my wife. She says she immediately said yes, but I must have blacked out because I don’t remember her response. I was just so excited to be spending forever with the love of my life.