Wesley & I met in August 2018 at our job, Blaze Pizza. This particular store had just been built & wasn’t a “running” Blaze pizza yet. They hired new managers, hired all positions for the store, including Wesley & I, & we all opened the store together. I remember locking eyes with him on our very first day meeting everyone. He was standing with his then, & now best friend, Corey Caudle. To this day, we thank Corey for encouraging Wes to ask for my number. We were both 17 & in high school. He went to Maryville High School & I was homeschooled. He, of course, worked nights but since I was homeschooled, I worked mornings. We didn’t work a whole lot of shifts together. We didn’t hardly ever cross paths, but when we did work together, there wasn’t a moment that I wasn’t laughing around him or trying to find a way to be near him. He was different than anyone i’d ever met. He was genuine & actually funny. He’s the type of person to make an awkward situation fun. He takes the time to make sure that everyone else is okay before himself. He was just different. Fast forward, he had finally asked for my number, I gave it to him, but I asked for his Snapchat. Anyone who knows Wesley, knows he’s not the best at answering a text message, let alone a Snapchat. He snapchatted me everyday. I now know that he probably hated it but I also know that he did it just to talk to me. Finally, early November 2018, he had finally asked me out on a date. We live in the TN mountains so he, of course, took me up to our Parkway to see our mountains. The trees are beautiful around this time of year so I was excited. My parents are the traditional type and like the boy to meet the parents before a date. This was always nerve-wrecking asking a boy to meet my parents before even going on our first date. Wes, of course, had no problem doing this and met my parents. He took me on our date, and it felt like we’d known each other our whole lives. Maybe a week later, we went on a second date. I remember that I had mentioned to him how much I enjoyed swinging as a kid, so for our second date, he took me to a park near our house to go swing. We swang and there asked me to be his girlfriend on 11/24/18. Fast forward 7 years later to the day, he took me to that same park, sat me on the same swings we sat on 7 years ago, he brought me over the bench we had our first kiss on, and he asked me to marry him. This year we will celebrate 8 years together, get married, and live happily ever after!! And that’s our story.