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Alissa & Austin

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We Are Getting Married!

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Austin Shirey

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Alissa Hartman

#theshireys

October 26, 2024

Lancaster, PA

How We Met

the relationship neither of us saw coming

This isn't a typical love story that can be found on the Hallmark channel during the Christmas season every year.... Alissa and Austin's just happens to be remarkably different with their own constant twist of events❤️ Alissa and Austin go back to the years of riding the same bus together in the early stages of school. Austin and Alissa "unofficially" met in 2019 when Austin decided to take a trip to Alissa's job in the small town of Spring Grove. Austin first saw Alissa and shouted out of his car window, "when are you giving me your number," to which Alissa replied with, "you never asked for it!" Alissa had already known Austin was the "cool guy" who always mysteriously ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time, except for that day in particular. Instead of cutting it off there, Austin pulled over into the fire lane of the grocery store, made a scene by putting his four-ways on, and proceeded to start a fresh conversation with Alissa. After exchanging Snapchats and phone numbers, Alissa and Austin started causally talking and getting to know one another for real this time. They set up a day to go on a trip to High Rock, and instead traveled the whole day together exploring the surrounding cities! Their "first date" did not stop there. Towards the end of the night, they headed home and Austin grilled an impressive dinner. With much effort he tried to make Alissa's steak with no pink, and indeed failed. Austin then realized that it would take more patience to adapt to this new girl and her lifestyle choices. Who knew this was going to turn out to be the beginning of something incredible! A pivotal memory happened three months later when Alissa and Austin were hanging out the day before Halloween. They were talking about Taco Bell for dinner, and Austin asked Alissa, "will you go out with me?" Alissa responded with, "absolutely, I'm starving, let's go get Taco Bell!" Little did she know that instead of going to get Taco Bell, Austin was physically asking her to be his girlfriend.... bad moment to introduce the question! Alissa and Austin had spent the next several months enjoying their relationship and all of the memories that came with it! They traveled away on several trips, moved in with one another, and stuck together through both the most exciting and troubled times of their lives. All that mattered in the moment was the valuable time that was spent molding their future together, focusing on combined goals, and sharing their love between one another. From then on everything fell into place and continually felt like home! In July of 2021, Alissa introduced their cat, Blaze, into the family even after Austin was not fully aware and convinced the cat was coming home! Blaze has since then become such an incredible part of their little family and has been an absolute blessing! Within the same year, there was a significant "feels right" switch that went off. Alissa started asking Austin constantly, "when are we getting married?" After much convincing and a nudge to get the ring rolling, Austin finally asked Alissa to marry her on Christmas with a well-developed, staged proposal he had been planning all along. As the love story gets cut short and October quickly approaches us, Alissa and Austin want nothing more than for you to be apart of their special day! Stay tuned to find out more of the hidden story of how Austin and Alissa fell in love. We want nothing more than for you to attend our special day, and better yet, have fun!

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