Our story starts in July of 2023. Haley had just found out she got the job at CBC, and Kylar had just moved back to the Hickory area.

Kylar's brother (Keegan) and Sister-in-law (Melody) showed Kylar Haley's instagram while they were on vacation and asked if he would be interested in her. Around the same time, Melody called Haley and asked if she would feel comfortable being set-up with someone when she moved back to town in August.

A few weeks later, Haley was just starting at CBC when they first met. Kylar had come to CBC to help Keegan with a youth event, and Haley got ambushed (her words). They both were too awkward to speak to each other, and promptly made excuses to flee the situation.

Over the course of the next three months during their monthly haircuts, Keegan brought up Haley to Kylar.

Every.

Single.

Hair-cut.

Then FINALLY, after a few months, Melody and Keegan got them into the same room again at their kids' (Gavin and Addie) birthday party.

Haley showed up late and took Kylar by surprise because he had no idea Haley would be there. They spent an hour avoiding each other, but eventually Melody got them to sit next to each other. After talking non-stop for about an hour and a half, they both knew they REALLY liked each other. Haley tried stalling for Kylar to get her number, but little did she know his phone was glitching... and he was a chicken.

INSTEAD, he ended up leaving a sticky note (pictured above) in her office for her to find the next day. When Haley got to church the next morning and finally saw the note (shoutout Jordyn) she was EXTREMELY excited and texted him pretty much immediately. The following Wednesday they went on their first date at starbucks, where they talked for 4 hours.

Legend has it they still haven't stopped talking.

A few weeks later (11/18/23) they went on a date in Boone, first stopping at the greenway (where Kylar says he knew he would marry Haley), and then made their way to Thunder Hill where he asked her to be his girlfriend. After this they starting spending time together almost everyday- quickly becoming best friends.

One day, after spending some time together, Kylar brought up the marriage conversation. He wanted to be forthright and open about his intentions about dating Haley. For Kylar, dating was no longer just about having a girlfriend for the sake of having a girlfriend, but to find the woman that God had for him. Kylar knew from the beginning that this was the woman that he had been praying for over the last year of his life, and did not want to waste any time in letting her know.

This led to what Haley and Kylar refer to as the "bullcrap conversation." While driving down the road one day in December, Haley asked Kylar the question, "In an ideal world, if none of the outside pressures existed, when would you want to get married?"

They both answered May. However, both Haley and Kylar thought this was INSANE. After praying about it and seeking wise counsel from a few trusted people, they both realized that the reasons they had for waiting were really just excuses to disobey God in what they both knew He was calling them to do.

Kylar was not so sneaky about the proposal. Weeks before buying a ring, he took Haley to the local mall to try on engagement rings so he could take notes on what kind of ring she liked. If this wasn't obvious enough by itself, he also let her know the day he bought the ring in early February.

On March 2nd, Kylar took Haley back to the greenway in Boone, where he had taken her months ago on the day he had asked her to be his girlfriend. He took her there because this was the spot where Kylar knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Haley.

While walking towards the spot, everything was going as planned until...

Haley spotted her Pastor and his daughter right ahead with a camera in his hand, pointed straight at the both of them. The camera man did not do a very good job of hiding. Haley then knew what was coming next. The cherry on top is the fact that Kylar accidentally took Haley to the wrong spot, 100 feet away from the intended spot. But at this point, he was committed.

Kylar got down on one knee and asked Haley to be marry him, with a sticky note wrapped around the ring, sticking with the original theme (see above). They both hugged each other (too awkward to kiss in front of her pastor's family), only later realizing that Haley forgot to say yes.

We can't wait to see you soon at our wedding, and we hope you'll ask us more about how God was so faithful to us in this journey together!

Q + A coming soon!