Jake and Lauren met at an annual bonfire hosted by the New Life Young Adult Ministry. A friend introduced them and they talked the rest of the night. Over the next few months, their friendship grew as they began to spend more time together.

Jake asked Lauren to be his girlfriend on January 6th, 2018. He did it on top of Mount Bonnell in Austin, TX. Jake gave Lauren a white rose when he asked, which you will see incorporated on their wedding day.

The day of the proposal, the weather was dreary and wet. Jake was not sure he was going to be able to pull it off. The plan that day was to meet some friends in downtown New Braunfels to walk around and take pictures. This was also the place of a outing Jake and Lauren went on the first time Jake visited New Braunfels, before they were dating. As the group walked up in to the gazebo at the square, Jake said "It's go time", the sign to his friend that the proposal was on! As Lauren and Jake stepped back to take a picture, Jake got down on one knee. She said YES!!