The spring of junior year of high school, we were both given the opportunity to attend our senior high school retreat, Kairos, in the hopes of becoming leaders for the first retreat of senior year in September. Through attending and planning Kairos, our friendship formed. We went to senior year homecoming together and as they say, "the rest is history!". October 14th has always been a special day for us. October 14th, 2013 marks the day that we officially decided to pursue our relationship, even after a competitive game of mini golf.

As we said, October 14th has always been a special day for us, and for our 4th year anniversary Megan went down to Mikail's college. We had plans for a beach day and not even the chilly weather or rain could dampen them, although Megan now understands why Mikail was so insistent on going to the beach despite the weather. Megan was slightly suspicious of a possible proposal that weekend [see Snapchat in photos], suspicious enough to ensure her nails were done and to secretly check Mikail's jacket pockets for a ring box. Additionally, there were false alarms for Megan before and on that day involving Mikail's continually untied shoes [purposeful?]. We drove down to Sandbridge Beach, VA, and started the day at Back Bay Wildlife Refuge. As the afternoon seemed to be wrapping up and as the rain picked up, Megan thought that if a proposal was going to occur that it would happen at dinner rather than on the beach. After changing into their nice dinner clothes, Mikail mentioned that he was supposed to get a picture of the beach house his family would be renting that year. So the now dry and nicely dressed couple headed for a "quick" walk down the rainy beach. As we walked to find this "beach house", we came upon a sand dune. On the opposite side of the dune Mikail had seashells, flowers, and a ring box setup. Mikail got down on one knee and proposed to Megan, who, for the first time in her life, was utterly speechless...besides saying "Yes!". Now we have created an anniversary weekend for ourselves, with our wedding on October 13th followed by our first full day as Mr. & Mrs. on October 14th. We welcome you to become a part of our story by joining us for our wedding celebrations on Saturday, October 13th, 2018.