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We appreciate all the love & support from our family & friends as we plan our dream, low-key wedding! We can’t wait to share this journey with each & every one of you as we prepare to be #HeelsOverVanhuss

Our Wedding

Kaylen’s POV

Our story starts with the most modern, twenty-first century experience ever. A simple follow on social media & a few mutual friends turned into the biggest blessing & love… a couple years after the follow button was clicked! Gable finally messaged me privately (outside of a group chat we were in) with a text that wasn’t even remotely flirty, but we never stopped talking from there. I’m not sure that either of us were looking for a relationship or expecting what we now have to flourish from that single text. Long distance was never in the cards for me. But, I had always thought Gable was attractive & seemed fun, so we continued to get to know each other. It took a few months of texting, talking on the phone all night long (thanks, night shift!), & facetiming before we finally met face to face. By that time, we had spent enough time talking & getting to know each other that feelings were there. We had quickly found so much to discuss & we had many things in common. Gable had mentioned in one of our first conversations that he had family in Texas & considered moving here, specifically that he had been wanting to check out the Houston area. So, he flew out to see me & my city. After that weekend, I had began truly falling for him.

That was the start of our unconventional love story. Through the next year of long distance, catching flights, and our all night phone calls, we not only fell in love with one another, but became best friends that talked about everything from the depths of the oceans to the solar systems millions of light years away (quite literally, if you know me!) Kendall met him after about 6 months, and she immediately loved him too. He was so good with her & we all had so much fun together that she was constantly asking about the next time we would be able to see him. The effort was continuously put in to keep the spark alive inbetween the trips. Ending phone calls with “I care about you” turned into “I love you” & the relationship continued to bloom. Surprise flowers at the door, handwritten letters sent in the mail, a cake with icing delivered that read ‘I love you’, & even a basket full of my favorite snacks & ibuprofen during rough weeks, topped with personalized gifts sprinkled within that signified how much we meant to each other. Our most often used phrase was, “I can’t wait to see you again” after every flight back home & every night inbetween the next trip. All of those trips, all of the effort, was immensely worth it. A year later, Gable moved from Oklahoma to Texas, & the rest is history.

Cannon came along about a year later, and seeing Gable be such an attentive, caring partner & father only solidified how deeply I loved him. To this day, he helps me out so much around the house and with our kids. He never lets me forget that I’m never alone, that I can always rely on him. He is a million dreams come true. I thank God everyday for sending me such a kind, gentle man to lean on & grow old with, someone I can belly laugh with, someone who understands my humor & I can be entirely myself around. I can be quite a handful at times; I can be outspoken, stubborn, & I always like to be right! He handles it all with grace & lets me be “right” just for the sake of my happiness. (Let it be known- half the time I’m doubling back around apologizing & saying he was indeed right & I was wrong!) Regardless, he chooses to show me love & support every day. He chooses ME every day. So the day he got on a knee during an artsy, fun date, every fiber of my being screamed yes. Yes, this is the man I want to marry & I have no doubts. There is nobody I rather experience this life with than him. I am so excited for our future together & cannot wait to say “I do”!

Gable’s POV

Our relationship started off the new age way… mutual friends introducing us on social media. We got put in a group chat together after following each other. I waited for a reason to reach out to her outside of the group and start talking to her one on one and when it finally happened I made my move. After that somehow the two of us just kept the conversation going, luckily with us both on overnights we made sure to be each others entertainment for 8 hours a night on the phone and texting throughout the day.

From there everything just spread. We started developing feeling and decided it was time to actually meet so of course I booked a flight for a weekend. We had a wonderful time having her show me around Houston. When we finally got home I carried her inside the house and I knew looking down at her in my arms that I was in love. I made another trip down a few weeks later and met more of her friends and they were great. When I came back from that second trip I decided it was real and it was time to ask her to be official with me. I always knew I was lucky but never knew I was lucky enough for her to say yes. From that moment on atleast once a month I’d fly down to see her and spend time with her. We were basically inseparable from either being on the phone all night together or when we got to see each other in person but the feelings we had and how we were talking always made it feel as though she was right next to me.

After months of traveling and me talking about always wanting to live in Texas, I started saving up to move closer to her until we decided that we loved each other so much and didn’t want to be away from each other that instead of me moving to the same city, why not just move in together. From there our love only grew fonder.

One of the first things I noticed after moving in was how wonderful of a mother Kaylen was to her daughter. How she treated her, how she wanted to give her the world, how she raised a sweet amazing daughter, and most importantly how she loved her. I always wanted kids of my own and seeing how amazing of a mother she was sealed the deal. I knew then I wanted to marry a woman like that. I wanted a woman that when we had kids of our own she would give them the world and stop at nothing to do so and unconditionally love myself and them. Kaylen is such an amazing woman I never had to question if that would be the case because I already knew it was. I went and started researching and getting a ring ready because I knew one day I’d make her my wife.

In May of 2023 we had our biggest blessing in our son Cannon. As I said before I knew from seeing Kaylen with Kendall I wanted to marry a woman like that. I saw how she was with Cannon and how much she loved and cared about him. Even beforehand I knew with how much work she put into prepping me with changing diapers and swaddling (which was not an easy task as I’m not the best at knowing what to do with babies).

The ring came in. I showed it to her grandad, her granny, and her mother letting them know I had the ring, that she was the love of my life, and I was ready to marry her. I planned a fun date night to go to a painting studio and after we did all the fun activities there they let you paint on the walls. While she went to one side to do her thing I quickly started painting “will you marry me?” on the walls to surprise her when she looked. I was nervous and she was still painting so I tried to get her to hurry. She turned around and was surprised. She said yes and I was so happy I forgot to put the ring on her finger until she reminded me. With that ring on that day I made a promise to love her forever. I made a promise to love her and choose her every day. She said yes to making me the happiest man in the world and I want to make her the happiest woman. It would be an honor to have you join us as we make this promise publicly with our wedding.

Kaylen & Gable

Kaylen & Gable

Engagement Photos