We're getting married!

Drew and I met in the summer of 2014 through close friends of ours. A small group of us stayed back in our college town to work or take summer classes, and just like the ease and simplicity of summertime, so was Drew and I's friendship. Yep…just friends folks. Even if there was a small ounce of feelings towards one another, we both stuffed it down and did an incredible job of never speaking to each other again once school started back in the Fall. Thankfully, our story didn’t end there! Our path’s crossed again next summer, and that was when Drew (totally not convinced by a friend) finally mustered up the courage to ask me on a date to Rivermont Pizza. Over the next few months, and way more pizza dates, we both knew there was something incredible between us. Fast forward two and a half years later, we both still find ourselves happily living in Lynchburg preparing to get married! We couldn’t be more excited to share this next step with each of you, who have played such a huge part in our story.

I really wanted to surprise Mer, so I did what I do best, wait until the last minute to make plans with her. I tried my best to make it seem like I was coming up with things to do with her on the spot, but surprisingly, I actually had everything planned out (with the help of some great friends). I told her I wanted to go on an adventure and she totally took the bait and definitely didn't think I was going to propose. I wanted to avoid cliche spots to propose, so naturally I chose an extremely popular mountain top to do it on. Anyways, we drove out to Cold Mountain which still had a couple inches of snow on it. After a cold and slippery hike to the top, I totally did it (asked her to marry me). There were totally tears. She was totally surprised. I totally nailed it. We took some photos that were definitely not staged. It was beautiful. Not as beautiful as her though. - A. J. Snavely