We are so excited to celebrate our love with you!

Version 1: It’s a miracle Shawnee and I met! I had the opportunity to fly her friends on the evening they got engaged. She and I flew back to the airport that evening and we hit it off. I was moving to Las Vegas in a few weeks but that didn’t phase her. She was way out of my league but, after she saw my truck and we shared a maverick hot dog, was willing to follow me to the ends of the earth! I had never met anyone that I could be so open with and was so comfortable around. I moved to Las Vegas and the face-time and frequent flyer miles started building up. We rotated weeks and once 5 days apart from her became unbearable, I knew something had to be done. Version 2: The first time I met Shawnee, I was waiting in a helicopter for “the photographer” of a couple I was flying up to a mountain to get engaged that evening. She walked right up and without skipping a beat, she said, “Hi I’m Shawnee! The first thing you need to know about me is that I’m obsessed with pink!” I was moving in a few weeks, and she was way out of my league; what was the use? It was a picture-perfect evening, and once her friend’s engagement was through, we flew back to Malad, grabbed hot dogs at a maverick gas station and the rest is history.

I always tell Jake I knew I was going to marry him before I even met him! My friends Halli and Bryant were getting engaged, so they asked me to hook them up with a helicopter and land on my dad's property. I asked our family friend, Mike if he would be willing to fly us for the engagement. He said he was out of town, but he could have Jake fly us. The morning of the engagement, I woke up and I had the strongest feeling that I was going to meet my husband that day-the helicopter pilot! The first time I ever saw or talked to Jake was when I got in the helicopter for our preflight, and I remember thinking to myself, "This is It!" Jake and I instantly clicked, and I knew right away that I wanted to spent forever with him. As Jake says, "She loved me from the moment she met me, she's always loved me." That is the truth!!! <3