Tyler loves to spin a tale without very many details but I love him anyway! However, I'm here to fill in the gaps. I know you all have so many questions.

A long, long time ago in a universe that was actually this one, I was invited to Darcy's Halloween party where I met Tyler for the first time. He was obviously smitten, or maybe I was, but we were both unavailable at the time.

A few years passed with more mutual hangs with Darcy and friends. Lot's of goofing off and fun times. I called him one day after getting a job offer to work at the school where he worked. I wasn't sure if I was going to take the job. Did he beg me to take the job? Well “beg” might be a bit much. Let’s just say he really really really wanted me to accept the offer. If you ask him, he'll say that he only told me “You’ll be great with our students here,” but that seriously...that doesn’t take more than 30 minutes to say!

Now, he says that after I started there we became closer friends. I'd say more like frenemies, but in the most hilarious way (you’ll never hear all those details). We consistently played practical jokes on each other, but never let the students pull one over on us. We made a pretty stellar team when it mattered most.

What really stole my heart was seeing how much he cared for every single one of the students and how kind he was with my kiddos, even when they were all (including Tyler) teaming up against me to play joke.

Yes, our friendship was easy to maintain given the similarities in our interests; music, adventures, and the occasional mischief (I don't know about this occasional qualifier).

Ok... now for the good part. Did I blow-up bathroom? YES! Was I mortified? ABSOLUTELY!!! Did I handle it with grace and style? Well, SORT OF. That was quite embarrassing (I played it off confidently) but at that point time I had no choice and we were already super close friends. Did I know I was allergic to literally everything I ate that day yet? NO! We would find all of that out a few years later.

So many Slater Hill dates. It was the closest getaway to be able to get back to my house when the boys were burning pizza rolls to a crisp. So many strange date interruptions. Yes, the police were involved cause Tyler’s beard is super suspicious. (Yeah, we'll go with that reason) So many unfortunate moments of me ruining romantic gestures with my sensitivities and allergies (sorry honey). And for my grand finale....

In the dead of winter, when it was below zero outside, and after we had returned from beautiful, sunny and warm Jamaica, he tells me that we are going out for nice mulit-course meal. If you know Tyler Crum, you know why I was already suspicious. He tells me he going to dress nice for this date, so I put on a gorgeous blue knee length dress suspecting that he would propose at the restaurant. But NOOOOOOOO he drove us to the top of Slayter Hill. Then he asked me to get out of car. I was like Are you crazy?!?! Its freezing!!! Did I have a fur coat? YES. Was it an ankle length coat. NO WAY!!!! I was trying to look cute and show off my dress cause its February and we are supposed to be indoors.

I reluctantly got out of the car and thought maybe he'll propose now but make it quick cause he knows how much I hate the cold. But NOOOOOO... he went on for seems like 30 min (prolly only 5 min, but I really hate being cold). But yes, with him on one knee and me telling him to hurry up and get to it, I happily agreed to his request to annoy each other for the rest of our lives! :-)

All jokes aside, we've been through a lot over the past 7 years. Not everything has been sunshine and rainbows. But I thank God that he chooses me everyday. Cheers to more soccer, more practical jokes, more beaches, less frigid weather, less unexpected food allergy blow-ups, and many more years of sharing our lives together. Thank you all for celebrating with us!

E&T

EB & TC Tie the Knot

7:45 PM–8:15 PM

Ceremony

8:00 PM–11:30 PM

Reception