Cody & Alyssa first met in June of ‘13. It was Alyssa's first week of college and Codys second year. It was welcome week for Cru, a Christian club ran by college students. Being that Alyssa had just moved to a new city, without knowing anyone, she decided to join a club to meet new people. Cody had already been apart of the club and was invited by one of the members to come out to play beach volleyball. It was a beautiful day at Lake Claire, a small park with a lake on UCF's campus. Alyssa was playing beach volleyball & that is when Cody and his two roommates joined her side of the court. That beautiful day, suddenly, and unexpectedly, turned into a rainstorm... typical summer Florida weather. Everyone went scattering every which way causing the welcome party to end abruptly. Two days later, on a Sunday evening, Alyssa was doing Zumba at the UCF gym...so she thought! The Zumba class became more of a hip-hop class, which did not catch Alyssa's interest. Half way through the class Alyssa left. Right outside the classroom were volleyball courts. Alyssa saw some people playing and asked to join in. After the game was over, Cody walked from the other side of the court, and it wasn't until then Alyssa recognized him and said, "Hey, didn't I just meet you a couple days ago?" Cody not really remembering and Alyssa not remembering his name, from that day on they spent every night that summer sitting outside the reflection pond on campus talking for hours and hours and hours. It got to the point Alyssa would bring a blanket and her study materials. She wasn't sure she wanted a boyfriend at the time, but after 31 days of spending every day with Cody, she knew she wanted to marry him! After 31 days they shared their first kiss (which took thirty minutes because Alyssa was so nervous) happened at the reflection pond where they spent endless nights together. Six and half years later, Cody got down on one knee at Lake Claire where they first exchanged names!