We're Getting Married!

We met in January of 2015 in high school and started dating a short month later. Call it what you want: love at first sight, high school sweethearts, or young, dumb, and broke - we'll take all of the above! Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to meet your forever at 17 years old. Extended version: Josh and I met in high school after I transferred to his school the last semester of senior year. In this new school, there were only 54 students in our whole class. So when I switched into it, it was a very big deal. Everyone wanted to know who I was and why I switched schools so late into high school. Josh was one of these people, but other than the people who just loved drama, he genuinely wanted to get to know me and my story. We went on our first date in downtown Stuart and I was shaking with anticipation the whole time (literally). During that very first night we quickly realized that we had more in common than we ever could have imagined. We both had a true relationship with Jesus and we both loved the church. (This was pretty rare to find even though we did go to a private Christian school). After that first date, it really only took a month until we started dating exclusively. We went to prom together, graduated together, and went off to college together. Over the course of our relationship it has been amazing to go through all of these different seasons of life together, even though there were definitely some difficult phases of growth along the way. Through it all, however, we have learned over the years what it truly means to love. Through spontaneity, hard work, and our commitment to one another, we have done the impossible and have loved each other even amongst the challenge of dating the entirety of our college experiences. We have been there for each other through the good times and the bad, and we couldn't be more excited to be engaged and moving into this next stage of life together.

After three and a half years of dating we were planning on getting engaged in the fall of 2018, but he surprised me and proposed in the spring at my 21st birthday party! He planned a huge party in downtown West Palm Beach where all my friends came out to celebrate me. He was giving me a toast in front of everyone for my birthday which seemed very sweet but I didn't think much of it. Then out of nowhere he got down on one knee and proposed! I had no idea it was coming! Best birthday ever.