My sister Celeste introduced me to Tiger in middle school since they were close friends. Tiger and I started running together shortly after which produced a fun friendship. I always loved being around him, but thought of him as my best friend and nothing more. As we got older, we experienced different seasons, did not talk as much, but still maintained a close friendship. We reconnected a few years later and started going to youth groups/church together. One day-something hit me like a BRICK & I thought for a moment I was starting to LIKE him. I started praying REAL hard...! I never thought in a million years I would have fallen in love with my middle school best friend!? However, I prayed for my future husband-and I am so thankful God writes the most beautiful & unique stories beyond my wildest dreams. Long story short... It was him all along!

Sarah and I; We met almost 9 years ago in middle school. I knew her sister first then through her sister celeste; I met Sarah. For me, you could say it was love at first sight. I still remember the first day we hung out. It was summer, and the sun was going down over Lakewood Washington, Sarah and I had planned to meet her sister at a nearby creek. We had to walk up this hill and she was a bit more in shape than me, so naturally she climbed up the hill while I crawled. I remembered looking up, and the light just shown on her perfectly, her beauty was incredible. Sarah was everything I could have ever wanted in a woman, beautiful, confident, strong willed, a love for others, and a love for God. For a long time, I sought after her, that’s what love does to you I guess. Though all that time, Sarah and I remained friends, she had told me that she loved our friendship and would never want anything to come in between it, and I was just happy to have her in my life. Fast forward 7 years. I couldn’t explain the kind of connection or the difference that occurred between me and Sarah. I felt like for a long time leading up, our feeling for each other grew and grew to the point where we started asking ourselves what we were thinking then bringing it to God. I mean how could we be together, we were best friends right? That’d be weird. Our feelings grew and grew until the one-way conversations we had with ourselves and God became three-way conversations between Sarah, me, and God. Now God has called us to move further, he has prepared us and strengthened us, and through an immense amount of prayer we feel called to make our stand at the altar and start our journey and our family together. Thank you to all who have supported us and been with us since the beginning, your love and prayers have been greatly appreciated. We love you guys, God bless!