Jared and I matched on Bumble one day back in September of 2021. For those of you who don't know, on Bumble the girl has to message the guy first. If she doesn't message within 24 hours, the match goes away and you no longer have a chance to connect.

I looked through Jared's profile many times, questioning his choice of pictures which included a very posed photo of him trying his hardest to look like Rip from Yellowstone leaning against a tree. Having not typically gone for "country boys" I decided to skip over him and did not message him. The 24 hours went by, and our match was removed.

I was surprised to see, however, that Jared had paid to extend our match time together. Seeing that someone had gone out of their way to do this really flattered me, so I ended up messaging him! Within the following 72 hours, we went on our first date, then on our second date, met my WHOLE family, and became official... Definitely a crazy situation for anyone looking in but as the saying goes, "When you know, you know".

We have gotten a lot of questions about why we chose November 1st as our wedding date, and honestly it was just the only weekend that worked for everyone. After we had booked the venue, we were going through some things we had saved from our trips together. We realized that the first trip we took, where we said "I love you" for the first time, was on November 1st. We also realized that we had moved in together on November 1st. So although it was unplanned, it appears that November 1st was meant to be our day.

These past 3 years have been the best of our lives, and we are so incredibly happy that we get to spend our lives together. We are so excited to have you all with us to celebrate our day!