1/10/09- First Date (16 and 17 years old, so nervous!)

2/13/09- First Kiss (Troy's 18th birthday, snowboarding together)

6/04/16- He asked, she said yes!

7/02/17- Our wedding

The BRIDE said..."It was December 2008 and I was 16 years old. I went on a trip with one of my closest family friends to Utah (the Altonagas,) and Troy's family happened to be close with the family as well. It may sound crazy, but I remember meeting him that first night and feeling something different in my gut. He made me laugh, he was so loving to his niece, and he was genuinely kind (and not to mention good looking! With his long surfer hair he was rockin' at the time.) I got stuck on the slopes snowboarding late one day and he came to help me carry my snowboard to the car. I remember him giving me his beanie to wear when I was cold. So many little things that added up to me liking him so much. After the trip was over, he went back to Huntington Beach with his family and I went back to Anaheim Hills. I remember praying that he would somehow call me. A few days later, he called and asked me out on our very first date on January 10th, 2009. The butterflies started then, and I still get them now. Here we are almost 8 years later: engaged and so in love! I feel so blessed that we've gotten to grow up together through so many milestones, hurdles, and wonderful times. He not only is my high school sweetheart, he is truly my best friend that I get to spend forever with."

The GROOM said..."Out of the blue, I met Brooke on my snowboarding trip. I tried so hard to impress her...

She was mysterious, she was angelic, she was beautiful.

I was so into her that I actually wrote out a script after the trip to ask her on a date, so when I called her I wouldn't mess it up!

We started going out together in high school every weekend and wrote thousands of AOL Instant Messages on the weeknights to cope with our 30 mile "long-distance" relationship...

Soon I gave her a first kiss and I began to fall in love. She brought joy to every moment of my life.

That's why I wrote her so many songs on my guitar. We'd sing together on the lifeguard towers. That's why I drove to her San Diego dorm every two weeks. I couldn't get enough of her.

We grew up together. People warned that we'd grow apart... but we never did. We're the same young love teenage couple, only now we're old and wise.

We know how to conquer every hurdle and we know to kiss after every quarrel. We're like two poptarts in a toaster, and we always lift eachother up.

... Long story short, I liked her a lot, so I listened to Beyonce and put a ring on it."

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