We're so excited to FINALLY celebrate with you!

Her side of the story: My friends and I decided to head up to Orlando for a girls weekend trip. We had a lot of fun things planned and one being Wekiva Island, a local hangout where you can sit by the side of a 72-degree river and enjoy the company of your friends and your beers. We were enjoying ourselves when a group came and sat right next to us. Eventually we figured out that they were celebrating Matt (who I thought looked really cute sitting on his paddle board in the middle of the river) for his 28th birthday. As a group of girls would do, we made friends with them. While we were hanging out, Matt decided to flip the paddle board that his friend John was sitting on. John's expensive prescription sunglasses fell into the water. We all started searching and I somehow managed to find them first and made an impression on Matt. Afterwards, we invited them to join us for line dancing later that evening with us fully expecting them not to come. Thanks to Matt's good friend Turtle, they all came out to Cowboys and Matt swept me off my feet. Since then he's been in my phone as Matt Cowboy. His side of the story: As anyone in Florida will tell you, August in Florida is hot and if you need to be outside it better be on the water. My favorite summer hangout in Orlando was Wevika Island, a natural spring where the water stays cool year round. It wasn't long into my birthday at Wevika when our group sat next to the group of girls from Fort Myers. Little did I know how much my life would change from that point on. After a couple hours of shenanigans, I ended up sitting next to Emily on a bench in the water and the rest you could say is history. We talked about our love of country music (which subsequently led to our first date - a Zac Brown Band Concert), football (Clemson & Florida) and our love of the water. After swinging her off her feet at Cowboys, here we are. I like to say we met on the water, fell in love on the water and now getting married on the water.