We're getting married!

Ashley and Roger met at Anytime Fitness in Cornwall- Ashley worked there and Roger worked out with one of his friends at 4pm every day. Conversations consisted of “hi” and “bye” for the first few months. Slowly, Roger’s workouts started to get shorter and shorter as he spent more time at the front desk talking to Ashley. They went on a couple of dates (jet-skiing, hiking and lunch) before the infamous tubing date: Ashley met Roger and his friends, Arthur and Jen, at the river to go out on their boat for a fun day of tubing. Fast forward to Ashley in the ER of St. Lukes Hospital (waiting patiently for her turn as the man with the gunshot wound was taken care of first) with a concussion, a broken nose, and in need of stitches! It’s safe to say that tubing did not go well that day but Roger brought over Toppings when she got home from the hospital (and met her mom)! They spent just about every day together while she recovered. The following July, Roger was the first +1 to go on the family’s annual beach trip, aka #ThorpeVacation!

About 6 years after the tubing incident, Ashley and Roger were on that same #ThorpeVacation in Sandbridge, VA with Ashley’s family. One night of the week the entire family goes to the beach for “Picture Night.” They took their usual family photos (cousin line up, girls room, all girls, all boys, grandkids with grandparents..) and when Ashley and Roger were taking their couple photo he got down on one knee and asked, “Will you marry me?" AWWW :)