It all started on May 30, 2019. The house I was renting needed some driveway stone. I called a friend to find

out who to call and was told to call Troy's Lawncare.

Jeremy came out to the house the same night that I called him to look at the job. He called the next day with the price quote and on Saturday, Troy delivered the stone.

The following week, Jeremy made a courtesy call to see if I was satisfied. Myself, being the same workaholic as Jeremy, I was still at work....at 7 pm on Friday night; I let the call go to voicemail.

Now obviously, that is not the end of the story. If you know Jeremy at all, you know he is persistent. He had already called a mutual friend (the same one that gave me his number for the driveway stone) to find out "what's Jill story". He told our mutual friend that he was going to ask Jill out, getting in reply a chuckle and a "good luck".

Jeremy called me once again the following Friday night to see if I was happy with the driveway stone. I assured him I was and if I needed more stone in the future, I knew who to call. Jeremy proceeded to say he had another question, and asked if I would like to go to dinner sometime. Now, I have to admit that he caught me off guard, so I said, "well, I guess I will have to think about it". Jeremy continued to say that he was thinking that we could meet at Applebee's in Adrian on Sunday (Father's Day). I was thinking WOW, he has thought this out and has a whole plan, so I caved and said that yes, I would go to dinner with him. Jeremy said he would call me Sunday to make the arrangements.

Now, being the cautious over-thinker, I had to do my due-diligence! I called a mutual friend to find out about Jeremy (not the same one Jeremy called). Apparently when I asked about him there was some confusion, as the friend was telling me about Jeremy's integrity and what a hard-worker he is, like I was hiring him as a contractor. When I asked the friend if it was advisable/safe to go out to dinner with Jeremy, I was told "hell yes!". So when Jeremy called on Sunday, much to his surprise and pleasure, I answered on the first ring.

The date was a success (obviously), and Jeremy always remembers our first date every year on Father's Day, regardless of the calendar date.

So that is how it all STARTED, but we had actually meet several years earlier. Jeremy will tell you how I quickly said "hi" to him and walked on by. I do remember that encounter. We laugh because we know we had been in each other's company at different times before, as we have several common friends. Apparently it was not our time before, but it sure is now.

Thank you all for playing such an important role in our love story. We can't wait to celebrate our day with you!

J&J

The Ceremony

The Celebration