Nate and Skylar met in middle school. They were introduced by a mutual friend, Toni, on the school bus one Friday afternoon. Plans were made to hang out at the local ice skating rink that evening. Nate and Skylar hung out almost weekly from that moment on and became really close friends. One would even say they were “boyfriend & girlfriend.” Fast forward to high school.. During Skylar’s sophomore year, Nate’s freshman year, they rekindled a relationship and went to homecoming together in 2015. Nate and Skylar were always in each other’s lives, and even supported each other during other relationships. It wasn’t until 2019 that Skylar realized how strong her feelings for Nate truly were. On New Year’s Eve 2019 / New Year’s Day 2020, Skylar admitted her feelings to Nate. They talked about their feelings and what that meant for them moving forward. The situation was more complicated at the time because Nate was getting ready to ship out to Basic Training at the end of January 2020. Nate came home in November 2020 and surprised Skylar. Nate and Skylar truly rekindled their relationship in November 2021. Nate asked Skylar to be his girlfriend on Christmas Day 2021. Skylar graduated in May 2022 and moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina a few months later to be with Nate. Nate was deployed just a month after Skylar moved to NC. As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Nate and Skylar began discussing their future plans together. In the summer of 2023 they bought their first house and continued to talk about their future. Then came the proposal… Skylar and Nate made their annual trip to MD for the July 4th holiday in 2024. Nate’s family planned a weekend in Ocean City to visit Nate’s grandparents and to take some memorable family photos. It was during family photos that Nate got down on one knee and asked Skylar to marry him. Now it’s time to get these two middle school sweethearts married… finally!