We met when we were 11 years old. We went to the same middle and high school. However, we never had a class together. We both graduated high school and Alyssa went to Louisiana Tech University and Austin went to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Austin moved back to Benton after his first year in college and took classes online. Alyssa finished 3 years at LA Tech until the 2020 pandemic. She decided to move to Florida during the summer to finish her bachelor's degree online and to live with her dad who was stationed at MacDill Air Force Base... Flash forward to Christmas 2020, Alyssa was back home to visit her mom for the holidays. Austin saw she was in town and asked if she would like to meet for coffee. We met at Starbucks on January 1, 2021 and really hit it off. We had our 2nd date at Newk's before Alyssa drove back to Florida. We stayed connected through text message, phone calls, and FaceTime. Two months go by before we saw each other again when Austin and his parents flew down for a week. After that, we started to see each other 1-2 times a month by meeting halfway in Mobile, AL. In June 2021, Austin decided it was time to move to Florida and live with Alyssa. Since then, we got engaged in the Cayman Islands during Summer 2022 and started a family with our son, August, and dog, Nebula. Our love grows stronger every day and cannot wait to share our special day with all of you!