Our Wedding

We met when we were only fourteen, but it was still love at first sight (at least for me)! The two of us became fast friends, even though I lovingly referred to him as "No Name Kid" for months since he never told me his name. It was fate that eventually we started pursuing a relationship. After watching the extremely romantic Avengers: Age of Ultron film, we were waiting outside for our ride to pick us up. We had been hanging out for a couple months, exclusively, but hadn't made anything official. So there we stood, under a rainy sky, in awkward silence. Looking down, Jacob spotted a dime on the ground. He bent to pick it up and paused on one knee laughing. "Erin," he said with a grin, "will you make me the happiest man alive and be my girlfriend?" After what seemed like way too long of an awkward pause I said yes! Who knew that this one tiny piece of change would literally change the course of our entire future.

After eating way to much food, and watching an even more romantic film (Men in Black: International) we found ourselves, yet again, standing outside the theater on another stormy night. Jokingly, we reminisced about our awkward first "real" date, the cringe-worthy things that were said, and how far we had come in the four years since that fateful day. It was then that Jacob allegedly saw another dime sitting on the ground. As he bent over to get it, my gullible self was going on and on about how funny that would be for that to happen again, only to look down and see him holding a beautiful ring. As tears welled up in both our eyes he said "Erin, will you make me the happiest man alive and be my wife?" And of course I said... YES! Well.. not right away, but after Jacob assured me that my parents had given us their blessing, I excitedly accepted. So there we stood embracing in the light rain enjoying our moment alone.... apart from the lone police officer who looked on (and didn't even bother to clap mind you!). And as the rain began to fall harder we ran to the car laughing and crying, excited for all to come. A whole new, amazing, wonderful adventure was about to begin in our wonderful love story.

The Lord has brought us so far since we met, and through so many things together since we began dating. We cannot wait to involve all of you in this wonderful chapter of our story. As much as I love to write, there is no way I could have written myself a better man, and we are so excited to take this next step in the presence of those who mean so much to us. We thank God daily for writing us this amazing story, and we cannot wait to celebrate it with you.