When I think about the man Tanner Holman is, this story isn't that shocking, but it always surprises people to hear about the moment we met. It was our freshman year of college, and in true Ozarks Eagle Pride, Tanner was on the sidelines of my basketball game. We disagree as to whether I was playing defense or offense, but I firmly contend I was playing defense. Anyways, while guarding a girl near the sideline, I looked over at Tanner. Mid-game, mid-flailing my arms around on defense, I make eye contact with this blonde guy on the sidelines. And, we're not talking just quick eye contact. It was both of us looking at each other, and then I told myself mid-game/mid-flailing on defense "oh weird me and that guy just had a moment: BACK TO DEFENSE."

Flash forward after the game, and I'm walking out of the locker room to meet my family. Tanner is walking back to his sideline post, and he stops me. "Hey I don't know you and you don't know me, but we had a moment!" My response to this very forward, very brave, handsome soccer player was "You're right I don't know you, but we totally had a moment." A super great friendship came from that, and continued for the next year where we spent several nights riding razor scooters around campus, taking Taco Bell runs together, and making mix cds. We were best friends first, and now we're getting married--that's my favorite part of the story.

I love dogs. I just love them so much. I probably follow more dogs on instagram than humans, so Tanner Holman hit the nail on the head when he asked me to be his wife. And, hats off to the man, because I was a project that day to say the least.

We had both come back from bachelor/bachelorette weekends for our sweet friends Katie and Austin. I had been "Glamping" (glamour camping/girl camping/ glitter camping) I'm not sure, because all of those things were present. Anyways, I looked like I had been camping. No makeup. Some running clothes, and some hair crying for conditioner. We had planned to meet and take Beez (Tanner's pooch) to the dog park. Perfect outfit for the dog park right? Wrong. Little did I know, I was about to be proposed to, and Tanner (bless him) thought I might want to at least brush my hair before that happened.

Calmly he suggested "hey why don't we go to the church concert tonight after we take Beez to the park? You can just wear what you're going to wear to church there, and we'll grab dinner." MUTTS is a dog park/restaurant where you can hang out, grab some cheese fries, and play with your pup. He's good y'all. Of course I got dressed for a date night thinking nothing of his subtle hints, and then we headed to MUTTS where my main concern was whether Beez would get to meet @nelsonthegoldendoodle (a dog I follow on instagram--you should follow him).

When we got to the dog park, we decided Beez needed to lose the running harness, so he could stop putting off "I'm an aggressive dog" vibes. As Tanner knelt down to move the harness, I noticed the Rangers tags I had gotten him weren't there anymore. "Did Beez get new tags?" I asked. "Yeah, have you not seen them?" was his calm response. As I bent down to compare these "new tags" I flipped them over to read "Marry Me!" (fun fact: there is no question mark on the dog tag machine.) Tanner was on one knee, the ring was beautiful, and lots of heartfelt things were coming out of his mouth, but all I really remember is just saying "yes" a whole bunch. He had our friends and family waiting in a nearby parking lot, and I looked up to see them cheering and walking over with their pups for a dog and love filled engagement party. We forgot to actually eat at MUTTs, with all the hugging and celebrating going on, so we ended the night with In-N-Out Burger and getting super excited to be the Holmans. He's the best, and that day was the best.