James and Kaci met August of 2020, right before their senior year of high school. They had mutual friends on social media, friended each other and started talking. It took James a few times to get Kaci to agree to meet him, if y’all know Kaci y’all know how stubborn she is. They ended up meeting for the first time in August, James took Kaci to go check cows and to their luck the truck caught on fire… mind you this is the first time they are meeting AND the first time Kaci is meeting James’ family. Needless to say it was a “great” start to a great love story. They spent the next two years at their homes in Wylie and Anna Texas seeing eachother as much as they could, as high school sweethearts do. They went on trips and learned everything they could about each other. In January of 2022 they decided to pick up everything and move two hours away into their first home in DeKalb TX, James’ family cattle business took off and Kaci knew she never wanted to live a life without him, they began building a life together and have done nothing but fall more in love with each other. James’ spends most of his time working cattle, fixing fence, or riding horses. If he’s not doing that you better bet he’s sitting in the deer stand or in a duck blind. Kaci decided after moving she wanted to start going to cosmetology school, she spent the first year in school and now has a growing hair business right in the heart of DeKalb, if she isn’t doing hair she’s reading, cooking and baking, or trying to help James with anything he needs. In August of 2024 James decided he wanted to propose to Kaci, he spent the whole month of August/ September talking to family, and getting everything lined up. They took off to Montana at the end of September for a family vacation, where Kaci had zero idea it was happening. They took the long drive up through bear tooth pass, got out to take some pictures and there James was on one knee asking Kaci to marry him. She was ECSTATIC and couldn’t contain her excitement. Now they are planning for the wedding of their dreams. James and Kaci have been through trials, loss, the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, but they continue and will continue to put each other first. They plan to create a marriage and family centered around The Lord, and a family full of the most joyous love and happiest smiles. They are so excited to embark on this journey of life together and are so grateful for the people around them cheering them on. Let’s get these two married!!