Peyton and I met in nursing school at Cal State University, Bakersfield. Most of the first semester had little interaction until one day, Peyton asked if I went to church. I quickly responded with "Yeah!" and then turned around. A week later, I realized that I should probably invite him to church since he was from out of town and new to the area. I extended the invitation and we began to have real conversations, which was the start of our friendship. We began studying together and seeing each other more at church and then in the spring semester, "caught feelings" for one another as Peyton said. We built our friendship over the next few months and began dating on October 8, 2019, our second year in the nursing program. On May 16, 2021, Peyton surprised me with the most epic proposal and now we look forward to a life time together!!