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Our Wedding

They&nbsp;met&nbsp;October&nbsp;5th&nbsp;of&nbsp;2021.&nbsp;She&nbsp;saw&nbsp;his&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;eyes&nbsp;and&nbsp;knew she&nbsp;needed&nbsp;to&nbsp;talk&nbsp;to&nbsp;him.&nbsp;He&nbsp;thought&nbsp;she&nbsp;was&nbsp;cute,&nbsp;so&nbsp;he&nbsp;gave&nbsp;her&nbsp;a&nbsp;shot.&nbsp;They&nbsp;were&nbsp;both&nbsp;talking&nbsp;to&nbsp;other&nbsp;people&nbsp;but&nbsp;decided&nbsp;to&nbsp;hang&nbsp;out&nbsp;and&nbsp;see&nbsp;where&nbsp;this&nbsp;could&nbsp;go.&nbsp;The&nbsp;first&nbsp;official&nbsp;date&nbsp;was&nbsp;on&nbsp;Halloween&nbsp;and&nbsp;five&nbsp;days&nbsp;later,&nbsp;he&nbsp;asked&nbsp;her&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;his&nbsp;girlfriend.

When the Planets Aligned

Four&nbsp;months&nbsp;into&nbsp;dating,&nbsp;he&nbsp;left&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;7&nbsp;month&nbsp;deployment.&nbsp;Though&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;a&nbsp;million&nbsp;miles&nbsp;apart,&nbsp;they&nbsp;still&nbsp;talked&nbsp;every&nbsp;day&nbsp;and&nbsp;would&nbsp;facetime&nbsp;for&nbsp;hours&nbsp;at&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;simply&nbsp;to&nbsp;just&nbsp;exist&nbsp;with&nbsp;each&nbsp;other,&nbsp;even&nbsp;if&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;over&nbsp;a&nbsp;screen.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was&nbsp;tough&nbsp;but&nbsp;they&nbsp;survived&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;endured&nbsp;until&nbsp;they&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;together&nbsp;again.

Love From 5000 Miles Away

Christmas&nbsp;about&nbsp;a&nbsp;week&nbsp;early.&nbsp;As&nbsp;an&nbsp;early&nbsp;present&nbsp;and&nbsp;because&nbsp;he&nbsp;knew&nbsp;Christmas&nbsp;was&nbsp;her&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;holiday,&nbsp;he&nbsp;took&nbsp;her&nbsp;out&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;lights at&nbsp;Natural&nbsp;Bridge.&nbsp;She&nbsp;mentioned&nbsp;that&nbsp;last&nbsp;time&nbsp;she went&nbsp;there,&nbsp;she (along&nbsp;with&nbsp;my&nbsp;mom&nbsp;and&nbsp;brothers)&nbsp;had&nbsp;accidentally&nbsp;crashed&nbsp;a&nbsp;wedding.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was&nbsp;Christmas&nbsp;so it made sense to take pictures.&nbsp;At&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;trail,&nbsp;he&nbsp;decided&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;spot.&nbsp;With&nbsp;the&nbsp;camera&nbsp;in&nbsp;position,&nbsp;he&nbsp;pressed&nbsp;record.&nbsp;Right&nbsp;before&nbsp;he&nbsp;got&nbsp;down&nbsp;on&nbsp;one&nbsp;knee,&nbsp;Jake&nbsp;asked&nbsp;if&nbsp;Elizabeth&nbsp;remembered&nbsp;telling&nbsp;him&nbsp;about&nbsp;crashing&nbsp;a&nbsp;wedding there.&nbsp;She&nbsp;said&nbsp;yes,&nbsp;then&nbsp;asked&nbsp;why,&nbsp;thinking&nbsp;they&nbsp;had&nbsp;accidentally&nbsp;crashed&nbsp;another.&nbsp;He&nbsp;turned,&nbsp;grinning,&nbsp;and&nbsp;said&nbsp;"Well,&nbsp;now&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;crash&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;proposal".

A Christmas Miracle 

Our Story

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Best friend to the groom and go-to for all things Spiderman 

Brother and lifelong protector to the groom

Cody

The best friend and liberty buddy for all of deployment to the groom (and his work husband)

Hudson

Perry

Lifelong friend to the bride and the one to talk trash with

Jordan

Best friend and sanity keeper of the Bride

Nadine

Forever roomie & tamer of the gremlin bride prior to the bride meeting the groom

Veronica

Wedding Party

Q + A

Travel

Attention Wedding party: Get to know your wedding day partner! Bring your SOs and swimsuits as you bond and meet the rest of the wedding party leading up to our special day!

Elizabeth & Jake

Elizabeth & Jake

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