Hayden and I first met in middle school where he claims he was already in love with me... but because I was a grade older, I friend-zoned him! At the time, it didn't seem practical to date someone younger. However, we remained close friends throughout high school. He still has car paint on his truck from the time I decorated it when the golf team won State. That same year, he decided to give me a Valentine and shoot his shot again. He was persistent but I still didn't budge and kept him in the friend-zone. Life goes on and we unfortunately didn't keep in touch.

Post college and peak COVID, we reconnected. One night as I am scrolling through my work Instagram, I see a post of Hayden. And for some reason, I felt the need to take a screenshot and send it to him. To my surprise, he replies with "I was JUST thinking about you the other day and about how much I miss you." Smooth, right? We spent months catching up and reconnecting, all over FaceTime that is. With his busy schedule on the road, we only actually met up a few times-- one of those times being at Coach Enis's kid's baseball game. (Hey Coach Enis)

Once the golf season was over, Hayden insisted he take me on a proper date. To be honest, I tried to blow him off... Not because I didn't want to go, but because I knew his career. He was never in the same place for more than a week and I had just settled into a career of my own. But like I said, he is very persistent! After finally agreeing, we had our first date at Saint Leo in Oxford, MS-- and the rest was history. Hayden says he knew right then and right there that he was going to marry me. We officially started dating just one week later and he confidently declared to me, "I am going to marry you." It may sound crazy but I knew he meant it! I could feel God in our presence and in my mind I was thinking, "This is it. This is exactly what I have prayed for. This is the exact man I have prayed for. This is exactly where you are supposed to be." It's even more special to know that he had been praying for me all along, we just didn't know it would be each other. But as always, God had a plan for us and brought us back together. As intimidating as it was, we decided to go all in. A few months later, I found myself moving to Florida with Macy & Hayden. Since then, it's been happily ever after! We now get to travel together chasing the Lord and our dreams.

We fall more in love with each other every day and cannot wait to celebrate with our favorite people! We are absolutely honored to get to share our love story with you all.