Drew and I met back in the ninth grade in high school. We talked a little, but was mostly just friends. We slowly drifted apart, until one day Drew walked into one of my classes. In that moment it was like the whole world around me just stopped. I knew right then I wanted to be with him. I wanted to get to know him better and catch up on lost time when we did not talk. I tried talking to him, and at first he blew me off. Then, we started texting and it went on from there. We got super close and became good friends and just hit it off. On March 23rd, 2016, in the bus parking lot, Drew asked me out before we went home that day from school! Of course I am shy so it took me a couple minutes to say yes, but that was the best day of our lives! That day started a new begging for us. That day changed our lives for the better! That’s how our love story began!

Drew one day asked me to go to the zoo with him. Which is one of our favorite places to go on a date, due to it being one of our first big dates we went on together! I had been wanted to go for a while so I agreed. What I thought was a regular date to the zoo, turned out to be the most memorable dates ever, and the day my life changed forever! We went to eat breakfast at Waffle House, which is where we had our very first date! Then headed to the zoo! As we were arriving to the zoo, Drew was very adamant about going to the African side first. I told him that was fine, that we would park and start with that side since my favorite animal is the elephants! We got our tickets and went in. Our first exhibit was the zebras and giraffes. I was trying to get Drew to take a selfie with the giraffe that was standing perfectly for a picture. Drew was trying to say he loved me and more, but I kept interrupting him with trying to get the picture. Finally, he took the picture with me. He started to talk again and this time I listened. As he was talking he pulled the ring box out of his pocket. I thought he was joking being that he joked a lot about proposing, but that’s drew, he’s a jokester. He then got down on one knee and at this point I still thought he was joking. After his beautiful speech, he asked me will you marry me and opened the box. Then it hit me that he was serious. I was completely in shock. I could not believe it was really happening. I said yes and told him to get up. As we hugged I started crying! That’s how June 19th, 2019 became one of the best days of my life! We are so happy to share this next chapter in our lives with our family and friends!