Austin has grown up at Rough River lake his entire life. Sometime around 2012, Alyse's family started coming around visiting family every so often in the summers. In 2018, the visits turned into her family buying property on the same road as Austin. Although they had been acquainted for years as kids on Paradise Acres rd, it wasn't till 2020 when they actually became friends.

As they grew closer as friends, the whispers of the next generational lake wedding grew. Of course, Austin and Alyse had to shut that down. They wouldn't be able to count on both hands how many times the words "we are JUST FRIENDS" left their mouths.

When Alyse got an apartment in Louisville in May 2022, she asked Austin if he would want to go grab some margaritas. The margarita trips quickly changed from every few months to once a week. This was the beginning of their story. Built on margaritas like any great relationship.

On October 14'th, 2022, Alyse broke the news to the lake and boy did that news travel fast. On November 15'th, 2022 Austin asked Alyse to be his girlfriend. Fast-forward to October 11'th 2024, Austin asked Alyse to marry him at an overlook in Gatlinburg, TN.

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