Antebellum Oaks Venue

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Clint Robert Woods born and raised in La Quinta, California 

 Ellen Ann Dutton born and raised in&nbsp;Houston, Texas

 

BOTH... University of Texas fans for football, Austin and Dutton family tradition.&nbsp;

 

2006
 
 Ellen met Sam... Deerfield- Houston, TX.&nbsp; 

 Many church camps, neighborhood gatherings, Cy-Springs HS, and tons of friends and fun.... Sam went to UT, Ellen went to Kilgore College, and Clint went to UT.&nbsp;

 

2010 Sam met Clint. 

 Clint met Ellen... Merkeys home- Houston, TX. 

 

2012 Ellen transferred to UT after completing her years as a Kilgore College Rangerette. 

 Clint and Sam survived and thrived at UT. 

 

Fast forward- Lots of UT tailgates, Elm Wood house festivities and awesome friends... 2013 Pause- SXSW week walking to 6th&nbsp;street with 15+ people&hellip; Ellen asked Clint to promise to protect her and not lose her in the sea of crazy awesome friends whom she grew up with&hellip; Clint agreed and in an effort to keep his promise never let go of her hand.

Fast forward- Ellen lived in West Campus, Clint in North Campus&hellip; so they would always meet at the turtle pond on campus to study and walk the entire campus multiple times to just continue to hangout. For the record&hellip; For the first semester ever at UT, Clint studied. AND, also made straight As (in the engineering department, so not fair). 

 

March 2013
 
 Pause- THE OFFICIAL FIRST DATE !&nbsp;Clint wanting to do something for Ellen's Birthday,&nbsp;he officially invited Ellen to dinner the text thread went like this&hellip; 

 

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Clint- What are you doing for dinner? &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Ellen- Eating Dinner. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Clint- Would you want to eat dinner with me? &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Ellen- Of coure! (They decided on Hula Hut)
 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Clint- Great, pick me up at 7. (No car, problems. haha)
 
 

 After sharing in our love of margaritas, queso and chicken tubular tacos&hellip; they we inseparable. 

 

2014
 
 Ellen graduated from UT and moved to Houston
 
 Clint graduated from undergrad at UT and started grad school. 2015-2016&nbsp; Lots of driving, laughing, camping, singing, studying, traveling and MORE.

2017
 
 Clint graduated from grad school at UT 

 Clint moved to Houston
 
 

 August 18th&nbsp;2017- UT Turtle Pond- Austin, Texas Clint popped the question, she said YES!And so, the adventure begins. #intothewoods

Ellen & Clint

Ellen & Clint

Travel

Sonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel

The Westin Austin Downtown