It started out with us dating when we were 16 years old. We met each other online through Facebook and Snapchat when Conner lived in Vegas and I lived in Sunny Valley outside Grants pass. We waited to meet each other before becoming official but once we met we fell in love. We FaceTimed and messaged each other every time we could throughout the day. The long distance and being over the phone was hard but it worked and actually built our relationship to be very strong, especially for where we are now. We spent days (sometimes weeks, or even months) without being able to contact each other, but as soon as we got each other on the phone we would talk for hours and have the deepest conversations. No matter what, our connection was always there. I can still remember and feel the butterflies from the day Conner walked through the Papa Murphy’s doors where I worked. The bells rang as the door opened and when I looked up to see that he was really standing there, I leaped to hug him. He came too late after my break, so he waited 2-3 hours for me to clock out. When I clocked out we walked around town together. 8 months later I went to OYCP to get my diploma. I was there for 6 months and we were only able to communicate through letters, which wasn’t too bad since we had already been through the long distance journey in the beginning, but emotionally it was rough. We spent our first year dating apart. After my graduation, we moved in together to a bedroom someone was renting out. We also both worked full time, Conner in Granite and myself at Sonic. It was such a nice feeling to finally be with each other stably. To hold each other and feel safe… even though we were only a year into our relationship, we felt as if we never lived a day without each other. It may look odd to have wanted to be out on our own so young, but he took me out of a toxic environment that was not healthy whatsoever. I felt as if I could actually grow into my own person and be myself around him. The only hard part was leaving my siblings behind. Conner baptized me in March, and then Easter of 2022 we found out I was pregnant. We were super excited, but mostly nervous. We were only 18. Things came into place eventually and we got into our first rental house a month before our son was born. The same month of our 2 year dating anniversary & engagement! 🥰 Our little man was born in December & we became a family of 3. The overwhelming joy of being parents and creating the life we always wanted was slowly happening. We wouldn’t have been able to do this without God and the amazing people in our life! Then we randomly moved to Seattle, WA for Conner’s assistant manager position with his job. We made a lot of great memories in Seattle and had a blast exploring new places together. We lived there for 4 months, then moved to Reno, NV when Conner got promoted to manager. We moved back to Medford to be closer to family around November when his company laid him off. The amount of times we moved in the year of 2023 was crazy but it was an amazing learning experience. With neither of us having a job (except for DoorDash) Conner’s amazing grandparents understood our situation, and let us stay at their place for a while until we could get back in our own place. Conner went into solar with a different company before the beginning of this year, and has been doing great. There is no excuse on why we waited to get married for so long, we would keep planning for certain dates and not go through with it. We have always wanted to get married, even before we moved in together. Now we are finally ready to tie the knot and be together forever. We may have not gone the traditional route and got married before having kids and creating a life together, but it has turned out amazing and we couldn’t be more thankful for what God has given us. We’re so excited for the adventures to come and the memories we will build together! #Bierwedding2024