Jeremy and I first met in May of 2011 at a funky, beachy pizza joint called Hucapoos in Savannah, Georgia. We exchanged numbers, became facebook friends, and planned to go out on an official date but I knew I needed to take my nursing boards exam in a week and I had to focus. Once I took my boards, I decided that I needed more time to experience life, so sadly, we took separate paths. Years later, I remember seeing him on facebook and thinking to myself, "Man, I really wish I had given us an opportunity for that date, he seemed like just the kind of man I have been looking for all this time!" Then in October of 2016, right after hurricane Matthew hit and as I was staying in a Days Inn due to having no power following the storm, I received a message on facebook from guess who?!? Blast from the past, it was Jeremy! He was living in West Palm Beach and coming to Savannah the upcoming weekend and wanted to see me! I literally could not believe it, it had been 5 years since that day at Hucapoos. I agreed to see him, we went back to Hucapoos to restart exactly where we left off all those years ago. It didn't take us long at all to realize what we had been missing. We clicked immediately, fell in love, and traveled back and forth between Savannah and West Palm Beach for a year. We then decided that it was time for us to be in once place so we decided to move right outside Destin, Florida. So here we are!

Memorial Day weekend was approaching and Jeremy and I had decided take advantage of his long weekend off by going to Savannah to visit my family and friends. My mom and I decided to have a small Memorial Day party with some of my family and friends so that we could see everyone. The day of the party, prior to everyone arriving, my mom told me, "I am having my co-worker come over to take some family photos before the party starts." We haven't taken family photos since my brother and I were kids, so I thought this was a great idea. My best friend Amy, her husband, and her mother also came over early as Amy had to work that evening but wanted to come see me before the party started. Once the photographer showed up, we all went into the garden to take family photos. We then separated into couples to take photos. She told us, "Hailey and Jeremy, yall are next!" So I went to get ready to pose and Jeremy pulled a bouquet of flowers out of the bushes. I thought that was a little odd. He then walked up to me and pulled a box out of his pocket, opened it, displaying a gorgeous diamond ring inside. It was there, that he asked me to marry him, in front of my family and closest friends. Before I could answer I hear Amy in the background, "Jeremy, get on one knee!" We laughed, he got one knee, and I said "yes!!!" It was then that I found out he had the ring custom designed around my great grandmother's diamond. Apparently, this planning had been going on behind the scenes since this past December. Shortly after, my friends began to show up for the party, so we were able to share the awesome news and celebrate with them for the rest of the evening! We could not be more excited about our engagement and can't wait to spend our special day with our favorite people! We welcome you to our wedding website!