As many of you may know, Austin is abrupt and likes to speak his mind. He has no shame in this and the day we met was no different. It was a hot, August day in 2009 at the end of our first week of school. I was enjoying my daily swim at the pool when "SPLASH!", someone jumps in next to me. This someone was Austin Girard. I was a little confused as I had only seen this boy once or twice in music class and had had no previous interaction with him. He swims over to me and says "Hi I'm Austin Girard and I've had a crush on you since the first day of school." Of course this shocked me as I wasn't the forward type and hadn't really had luck in the boy department thus far. I stammered back that I was flattered but I didn't know him enough to like him so we could start as friends. Flash forward over 10 years and a roller coaster ride of Austin "getting out of the friend zone", and here we are today- planning our wedding!