We're getting Hitch'd!

Katie moved to Panama City Beach, Florida in the summer of 2015 for her job. She knew ONE person here and had no intention of staying for more than a year. One year down, another promotion, and she planned to be LONG gone from this place. A little over a year went by and she was well under way in preparation to promote. Then, she met a boy…Brenton and Katie go to the same gym, but it wasn’t until one early morning at a Humane Society 5k race that they officially met. She was volunteering at the check-in tent, and he walks up to register for the race. Katie, at 7AM in a hat, sweatshirt, and not an ounce of blush on, wanted to hide when she saw this cute guy from the gym walk towards her tent. They both recognized each other, gave introductions, and Brenton took off to the starting line with his adorable Beagle/Weiner pup. It wasn’t until months later that Brenton and Katie connected and things took off. After some flirty exchanges through messenger and text, Brenton asked Katie on their first date. They went to lunch on a Thursday afternoon to the BEST local spot (s/o Patches Pub your blackened fish tacos are the real reason this relationship began). After a few casual dates, Brenton didn’t ask Katie, but just told her that she was his girlfriend...love the confidence! Since then, the two have been inseparable; they've traveled the world, bought a house, and even began to raise a fur family together.

Brenton & Katie bought a cabin in Gatlinburg in July of this past year. They knew right then that they'd want to make Christmas memories here for the rest of their lives, so they started the tradition this holiday season. Both families & some of their closest friends joined for a week in the mountains. On December 30th, after lunch & a moonshine tasting, Brenton told the girls to go shop & drink wine because the guys had a surprise to put together back at the cabin. Well, the girls finally got the go-ahead to come back & as they were approaching the driveway, Katie looked wayyyy up & saw white Christmas lights COVERING the trees. As Katie turned the corner & looked to her left, all she saw was Brenton standing under the breathtaking canopy of lights, staring right back at her with the biggest smile she's ever seen on him. Katie immediately knew what was happening. In complete shock, she closed her eyes & covered her mouth uttering, “OhmyGod. OhmyGod.” Before her stood the love of her life, asking her to be his, forever. Brenton spent hours stringing over 400 lights in the trees to create the most romantic, wintery proposal EVER! Katie later found out that no one knew the girls were on their way back thanks to poor mountain reception, so once Brenton heard Katie's voice walking up the driveway, he hopped over 10 feet from the balcony to get to the proposal spot in time. He panicked, checking to make sure the ring was still in his pocket! In this moment, lifelong prayers were answered for the couple. Katie was so overwhelmed with emotion that she didn’t even notice family and friends looking down from above, capturing it all. Brenton was so nervous that he couldn't even stay down on one knee for more than 3 seconds! After Brenton proposed, he led Katie inside to the cabin that family and friends decorated with champagne flutes, “she said yes” desserts, & the sweetest photo collection of the couple. The proposal was beyond a dream!