Jessica and Jon have known each other for over half their lives at this point. They met for the first time at 6th grade Cotillion in Midwest City. To this day Jon remembers being nervous to dance with the beautiful small in stature girl from mid del.

After Cotillion the next time Jessica and Jon met was in 2007 when Jessica transferred to Choctaw High School. Here Jessica and Jon became good friends. Although Jessica and Jon never dated in High School, they were friends who talked regularly.

After High School graduation Jessica and Jon’s lives pulled them apart. Jessica joined the Marine Corps and moved across the country and Jon stayed in Oklahoma figuring out what he wanted to do with his life.

In January 2017, Jessica scrolling through old Facebook notifications saw an old poke from Jon in High School days. She poked him back over 8 years later. Jon saw her poke and sent her a message. For the next 3 years, the couple spent every day messaging back and forth.

Just as Jessica and Jon regained touch, Jessica moved down to Houston to spend time with her paternal family and finish school. Jon made up a spare bedroom in his house so that when Jessica could come back to town, she had a place to stay. Those trips became more and more frequent as school would allow. When she was leaving Jon’s to go back to Houston after Christmas 2019, Jessica sat Jon down and told him that she wanted to finish school and then move back to Oklahoma City to be together.

Jon had loved Jessica for years but would have never told her because he was afraid to jeopardize their friendship. Shortly after this, Jessica and Jon became a couple on January 12th 2020. 370 days later Jon popped the question.

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