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Rea Steyne

and

Jacob McNelia

Hendersonville

NC

October 5

2026
144 days144 d5 hours5 h22 minutes22 min31 seconds31 s

The Proposal

04.19.26

On a roadtrip to South Carolina to meet Rea's sisters, Jake had secretly planned to propose in Tennessee. Jake told his mom when he was young that he wanted to propose to his future wife with a fabergé egg and mailed it ahead of time to the photographer to be there for proposal day. At about 3 in the afternoon, Jake and Rea hiked a mile to Fall Creek Falls. When they reached the bottom, right next to the waterfall, Jake pointed out the egg hidden between some of the rocks. Then when Rea reached to grab it, she turned around and saw Jake bent on one knee asking, "Rea Summer Steyne, will you marry me?" And Rea couldn't contain her excitement and immediately said, "YES!" They've both never felt more sure of anything, they'd found their soulmate! And that's our proposal story, just the start of our forever! We can't wait to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you! We love you and we're excited to see all that God has in store for us!