Our story began where all great love stories start- on Tinder. In June of 2019, James and Meagan both swiped right for the same reasons- rugby, rugby, rugby. After Meagan was unresponsive to James's original question of "how is your Monday going," he came back at her with the hard hitting question of "what is your favorite place you've ever traveled?" The persistence paid off.

A few weeks later, in July 2019, they had their first date at Roots Cafe in West Chester. In typical fashion, Meagan was running about 20 minutes late, and the hostess continuously asked James, "are you sure that she's coming?" Meagan did in fact show up for the date, which is how Meagan and James learned that they did actually have more in common than just rugby, rugby, rugby.

One month and several comical dates later, James took Meagan to hike the old Route 82 in Birdsboro, where he asked her to be his girlfriend. Since then, they have been on many breathtaking hikes with their fur-baby, Ellie. They have also traveled to many of their new favorite places, including Mexico, California, Colorado, Florida, New York, and Virginia.

Fast forward to November 2021, James decided that he was ready to pop the question, so he hatched a devious plan so that he could be assured that Meagan would be surprised. After eliciting the help of Meagan's brother and sister-in-law, and one especially duplicitous jeweler, James had the ring in his possession but Meagan was none the wiser. Then on 12/11/21 (its a palindrome!), on a visit up to Rochester, James mustered up the courage to ask Meagan to marry him. After the initial realization that James was not, in fact, "trying to embarrass her in front of her family," Meagan gave a resounding, "of course!!"

Now we're looking forward the future, specifically to September 3, 2022, and we can't wait to celebrate with all of you!

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