Jay & I actually met our freshman year of college at Auburn through one of our mutual friends!! We would hang out in group settings, but that was really it! I remember seeing him at church events, but it wasn’t until junior year that we really became friends. Two of our best friends were leading a small group together & so all of our friends started hanging out together!! I quickly started to have a crush on Jay & would love when we would get to hang out!! On November 3, 2019, we went to the fire tower at Lake Martin & he asked me to go on a date with him!! Our first date was so much fun and I may have stumbled over my words once or twice because I was so excited/nervous!! After I got home that night, I told all of my roommates about it & journaled about how I could definitely see myself marrying this guy!! We went on a few more dates & on November 22 he asked me to be his girlfriend!! The past year of getting to date him has been so much fun & such a huge blessing! I thank the Lord everyday for bringing Jay into my life and I cannot believe that in just a few short months I will get to call Jay Rainey my husband!

I met Katelyn freshman year through some mutual friends from church. I had seen her at church before and thought she was very very cute, but being a nervous freshman I never said much to her. Luckily she was in the same sorority as one of my best friends Meghan and Meghan found out that Katelyn needed a date to their sorority formal. I asked Meghan to try to get her to ask me to go but after a couple days I never heard anything back so I figured it wasn’t happening. I remember praying that night and saying to God “it’s fine, I don’t mind waiting a while” (thinking maybe a couple months down the line). Well little did I know it would be a whole 2 years later. One of her roommates was leading my small group junior year so all of our friends had started hanging out together. One night at cookout she introduced me to Katelyn and of course I acted as though I had no clue who she was. Perfect, she has no clue who I am and this will give me a fresh start. I played it cool and prayed about it and then one of my friends told me she had a crush on me so I went ahead and asked her out. A little over a year later we’re getting married and I couldn’t be more excited about it!!

On February 5, 2021, Jay took me back to the spot where he asked me to be his girlfriend & where he told me that he loved me for the first time!! I truly had no idea that he was going to propose & it still didn’t feel real even when he was on one knee!! It was hands down the biggest surprise of my life!! After he proposed we went to dinner at Amsterdam Cafe & then went to a party where we got to celebrate with friends & family!! It was truly the best day & we are so excited about this new season of life that the Lord has brought us into! We cannot wait until August 14, 2021 & are so excited to have all of our people in one place to celebrate all that the Lord has done!!