Despite growing up a couple miles away from each other with countless mutual friends, we didn't meet until we got to Clemson, SC for college orientation. Before we got to Clemson, we had a lot of friends say things like, "You're going to Clemson? Brady Ebel is going there, too. You need to meet him, you'll love him!" They were right.

We were in Blowing Rock, NC to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends. We all took a trip into town, and the two of us walked through a cute park downtown and stopped in a gazebo as we waited for the others to catch up to us. The gazebo overlooked a pond with a huge fountain and mountains in the background. The conversation went something like this: Nat: This would be such a cute place to get married. Brady: Oh, so you want to marry me? Nat: Duh Brady: So that's it, we're engaged? Nat: Obviously not, you have to do the whole thing! Brady: Alright hold on... Then he gets down on one knee, Natalie screams and says yes 500 times through the happiest of tears.