It’s a right of passage for a young girl to have a middle school crush, have it go wrong, and never think of the boy in that way again. It’s not common that that boy turns out to be the love of your life. Yet that is exactly what happened with Austin and Christian. When I was ten years old, my mom and I went to take Austin to Ben Kronshage's house- the epitome of a raging Friday night for the eighth graders. That night I met Howdy. All I noticed was his Justin Bieber-like hair, and for a second I had a crush on him just like my big sister did. Throughout high school and college, the two ran with the same crowd and stayed friends. Both graduated college and came back to The Woodlands. It was in a bar on a night out with their friends that they realized that maybe there was more to them than just a friendship. A few months later they were a couple, and Austin has been planning this wedding ever since. After four years of dating Christian proposed! And now we soon all get to come together and celebrate the love that has been 15 years in the making.