We met at a week long church summer camp (EFY) in Independence, Missouri in July of 2019 when we were in high school. We were placed in the same group and had a very fun week together visiting church restoration sites and getting to know each other. Drew is from Indiana/North Carolina and Arianna is from Kansas. We kept in touch for a little over a year, calling a few times, texting quite a bit, and remaining good friends until we both began studying at BYU-Idaho. We lived at the same apartment complex and began happily dating in the fall of 2020. Shortly before that, Drew got a serious concussion and Arianna, being the amazing, kind, and selfless person she is, stayed in the hospital with him all night and took care of him (with very little short term memory) for a few days afterward. That's one of the times Drew knew she was the one for him :) We both left on church missions in the summer of 2021, Arianna's in Salt Lake City, UT and Drew's in Colombia, and kept in touch over email until we both returned to BYU-Idaho. On our first date back from our missions, Drew took Arianna axe throwing and was very impressed (and a little nervous) with her axe throwing skills. On our second date, Drew crashed his car pulling out of a parking garage :) We began dating in March of 2023 and did long distance for the rest of the year as Drew worked as a camp counselor around the country for the summer and as Arianna lived in Utah during the fall for an internship. We spent many weekends together during that time between his trips in the summer and then her driving to Rexburg or him driving to Utah during her internship. We got engaged in April of 2024 at Myrtle Beach, NC on a spring break vacation. We are so excited to finally be married on August 8th, 2024 with all of our family and friends there to celebrate!!