We’re getting married!

Our story dates awhile back to Miss. White's kindergarten class at Cook Elementary. We were just five years old, excited to start school and we became friends and would hang out in class. We were also in the same 1st-grade class and again in 4th grade. By now he had gotten a little nerdy and loved reading the Harry Potter series and she was playing on her first 10u travel softball team. We were still friends and she chose him to be her partner to host the Mother's Day Tea our class was having. Half-way through 6th-grade, him and his family moved a couple of towns over. We didn't have any classes together in Middle School so we never really got to say goodbye. Fast forward six and half years later to the summer after we graduated high school. Lauren's high school softball friend starts dating a guy from the Mott baseball team and asks her to come to a bonfire party with her in his hometown. When she gets there she sees an all-too-familiar face on this big muscular guy, but what are the chances that it could be the same boy from elementary school? We are sure glad it was.

On the annual trip to Myrtle Beach that Jeffrey's family takes, they were planning on taking family photos on the beach at sunset. Each couple and family took turns for their photos and when it was Jeffrey and Lauren's turn to take their place, Jeffrey's mom got Lauren's attention and showed her a picture of Jeffrey's dog, Gus, in a bowtie sitting next to a sign that reads "Mom, will you marry my dad?" Lauren's jaw dropped and she turned around to see Jeffrey on one knee with an engagement ring with diamonds on it that had been given to him from his grandma.