Some of you have known Brittany and I since we were kids roaming the Barbers Hill High School hallways, others met us later on in our relationship!

I can still remember the first time I ever met Brittany. I was hanging out with some new family memebers and one of them invited Brittany over to the house. Thinking back it doesn't surprise me how quickly we became friends. I always say "it all started with Jack In The Box popcorn chicken haha." I have still never seen someone throw such a fit over the popcorn chicken being "too small" .. I remember she felt completely ripped off and was throwing a silly tantrum! "What kinda popcorn chicken is this!?" (I think she was egging it on because she knew it was making me laugh) haha. We laughed that entire night. After that night we didn't see each other until about 4 months later when I transfered from Clear Lake High school to Barbers Hill High school.

It was my first day at a new school. As I'm sitting at lunch with a bunch of people I don't know, here comes Brittany!.. "Hey! You go here now?.. Come sit with us!"...So I did!. After being friends for a while I Knew I Loved Brittany on Hat Day! She had long light brown hair (I know most of you can't even picture her with long hair lol) and she had straightened it and wore a black and white DC hat. I remember thinking, she is the cutest human being I've ever seen!. So at this point I had met someone who was not only adorable but kind, sweet, soft spoken, and hilarious. She listened, she was compassionate and did I already say Hilarious? haha. So what was there not to love? ..even at only 16 years old I knew that day, I loved her. I fell In love with her kind hearted soul. Her ability to make me feel comfortable, calm, happy and loved all at once made me fall completely head over heals.

On December 27th 2008... after 2 "dropped calls" AND 1 "oh my phone died" phone calls, she finally got the words out.

"Umm, so I was just wondering..um.. it's okay if you don't want too, but um... would you .. like uh... wanna go out with me?"

Eight and a half years later I can still remember that conversation. Crazy to think I happily said YES then & im only 6 months away from saying YES again. This time to take her last name.<3

Years and years went by. We graduated high school, got jobs, started college, moved into our own apartment with absolutely nothing in it for just about the entire time we lived there, Lol . Roman noodles, McDonalds $1 burgers, and Taco Bell $1 burritos were just about all we ate for 3 years haha The struggle was real for awhile but we had each other, so there was nothing we couldn't overcome.

Now Eight and a half years since the day we met, we are living in a beautiful home that we built together with 3 puppy childeren. We make sure and thank God everyday for all we've been blessed with. I'm getting to marry my best friend... someone I've literally grown up, matured, and changed so much over the years with. It's easy falling in love at 15 and 16 years old.. but it's isn't always easy staying in love. For us I think it was just what was meant to be.

She is and forever will be, my forever and always.

I cannot wait to be a Lewis!

Many people spend there whole life searching for there purpose, I however found mine early in life, 16 years old to be exact lol.

Lexi makes me want to be a better person. She pushes me and believes in me and she never forgets to remind me where we started and where we are now.

We love making each other happy. I love getting her flowers on the way home from working nights because most of the time we don't see each other during the week. I know when she walks into the kitchen to make her coffee in the morning (while I'm Passed out, lol) and she sees a corny note and flowers on the counter, her day will be made and she will be reminded that I love and miss her always. It has always been the smallest things that mean the most to us. I could spoil her with a fancy dinner or grab her a $3 rose in a gas station while she's waiting in the car and she'd be just as excited for either. Her being loving and appreciative of even the smallest things is just one of the million things I love about her.

We started out as "just friends" talking on the phone for hours until we fell asleep and waking up for school the next morning still on the phone with each other. Little did I know I was talking to my future wife, my soulmate, my everything. December 23,2008 was the day I was going to ask her out but I chickened out lol We were in the elevator at the hospital visiting a friends newborn baby and she was wearing a red bucee's shirt, blue jeans and her hair was down. Nothing fancy but in my eyes she was the most beautiful girl In the world. I remember I just couldn't get the words out, she made me so nervous. On December 27,2008 we were talking on the phone as usual and I knew I couldn't wait any longer.. so after I stuttered over my words, hung up twice, and drove 20 minutes home so I could get to my phone charger because the 3rd time I called my phone really did died. I asked her to "go out with me" and she said yes!

I can still remember hiding in my best friends truck for over an hour while they were hanging out just so I could see her for a minute while driving out of the driveway, that's how crazy In love with her I have always been.

Every step along the way she has always been by my side. She has never giving up on my hard headed, stubborn self . She has seen me at my worst and never given up on me. Sometimes I think she even knows me better than I know myself (kinda freaks me out lol). She has a heart like no one I've ever met, she wears her emotions on her sleeve and she loves everybody she meets. She is my best friend someone I would lay down my own life for and I couldn't imagine this life without her in it.

I honestly can not wait to marry her and start our own little family together.

She will always be my better half <3

P.S. I'm the lucky one ;)

11.18.2016

The weather was horrible but love was definitely in the air! Brittany had gone above and beyond to make sure this day was perfect. She made sure she had the rose peddles, candles, videographer, an amazing speech, and all my best friends there for the moment. I'm still so impressed that she held on to the ring for weeks without telling me and even more impressed all my friends knew about it and not one of them slipped up and told me.

One of my best friends Megan (our officiant) did so well convincing me we were just going to meet her parents for a drink before meeting up with all our friends! (Meanwhile I'm thinking Brittany is stuck working late). We arrived at Villa Capri where we were "meeting her parents" in Seabrook an hour and a half late. I still have no idea where everyone's car's were because the parking lot was empty? Haha. I followed Megan upstairs and there Brittany was, standing in the Center of a heart drawn out with red roses while the song "Marry Me" by Train was playing. My sister and friends were all sitting there waiting!

Her entire proposal was straight from the heart, no hand written speech. I remember I couldn't stop shaking. I kept thinking, this is the moment, after all these years... I'm about to say YES!

She ended her speech with the best line of all time.

As she got down on one knee she said...

"So I talked to your dad, now it's time to pick out a white dress...will you marry me?"

Our song has always been "Love story" by Taylor Swift so if you know the song you can see how adorable her saying that was!Lol

She is pretty perfect. <3