Marc and I met through a class at Tarleton while we were both studying to become Ag teachers. We had been in several classes together before, but it wasn’t until we were assigned to be in a group together in our Animal Related Systems class (shout out to Dr. Ford) that we actually started becoming friends. This group we were in had to design a county stock show, and I honestly thought Marc was a know-it-all jerk, but I didn’t mind because he pretty much single handedly finished our huge project on his own. After that project we didn’t really talk but we had each other’s numbers in our phones. So naturally I added him on snap chat... and snapped him first. After I made the first move, it was all over. He jokes and says that was his plan all along to sit back and never speak to me, because he knew I’d eventually like him. But I still credit it all to me. After we broke the ice, we started hanging out constantly. We’d drive to class together, go get lunch during our breaks, and then go watch scary movies when we were done with class. We left it kind of on the down low, so it took a while for all our classmates and professors to realize it. Supposedly there has been a couple in every graduating class of Ag teachers at Tarleton that has met in Block and got married. So of course when they all found out we were dating, they went nuts. Soon after our start to dating we both went off to student teach. I figured we’d be too busy and we’d never see each other and it would fizzle out. But every chance he got, he was back in Stephenville annoying me, and here we are.

Over Christmas Break we went on a mini vacation to Broken Bow Oklahoma where he paid for us to stay in an awesome cabin and eat lots of awesome food. If you know us, you know we love camping and outdoorsy things. Enough that we both bought kayaks and a camper. So this proposal was perfect. We went on a hike overlooking the river and we climbed out onto some rock to see it better. And he got down on one knee! I wont tell you everything he said, but he pretty much asked me to go on adventures with him for the rest of our lives. So down.

Marc and I’s relationship has naturally been adventurous, fun, and spur of the moment. So it just made sense to us to do something non-traditional and “us” for our wedding. We sat down to try and plan a big, “normal” wedding, and it was everything but fun to us. Too many details, too much planning, and wayyy too much money. We have decided to have a very small, intimate wedding with just our immediate family. It took a lot of consideration because we thought about the things I would miss, like a daddy daughter dance and having all of our aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends to party with. But we realized that’s not what we wanted our wedding to be about. We want it to be about us. So we will be going camping and getting married outside by the water, and then we will spend the day on the beach. We realize that this may hurt some people’s feelings that cannot attend, and we apologize if that is you. We hope you understand why we are doing this and know that you will be there in our hearts. Also when we get back, we will party it up and celebrate with everyone! (Obviously details and planning are not my friend, so we have no clue when we will celebrate with everyone, but we will, and I’ll keep y’all posted!