Let's do the dang thing

Stephen was the first person I can remember talking to at LSU. We were on our way to an event at the BCM and him and his friend were walking behind me on the sidewalk and I turned around and said, "Are y'all going to the BCM?", they said yes, and the rest is history. I think the deal maker was when I saw him play basketball (wink), and we became really close friends really fast (shoutout to the quinto). March 17, 2016 we started dating and that afternoon we left for Mexico on a mission trip. From the beginning the Lord has been guiding our steps. Three years later and I wouldn't change a second of that awkward, amazing, transformational freshmen year.

We could write a book explaining the long, complicated process of getting engaged from Stephen's side, but I will just give you mine :). It was the perfect day: March 9, 2019. We went to New Orleans, walked the quarter, ate gumbo and beignets, and just soaked in my favorite city. Now I'm not going to lie and say I didn't know it was going to happen that day, BUT I didn't know HOW. On the way back to Baton Rouge he made up a story to pick something up from a house in a neighborhood by where he grew up. Driving through, we saw the chapel. It was beautiful, it was perfect and romantic and intimate, all the things. We got out and he said lots of sweet things that I can't really remember because of all of the tears running down my face, but believe me they were sweet. He bent down on one knee, and I said YES. Right after, both of our families bursted out of the chapel for lots of hugs and laughter. I thought that was it, but we drove across town where he walked me up the stairs to a room full of all the people I love and cherish for the best engagement party, ever. I wouldn't have changed a single second of it, not even the multiple instances of ugly crying or Stephen almost puking on his beignet cause he was so nervous haha.

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