Vinnie and I actually met way back probably about 16 years ago. My childhood best friend, Jessie is Vinnie’s cousin. I usually joined Jessie’s family camping weekends in Bonham and was always pretty excited if Vinnie was there for the weekend. Vinnie is 2 years older than us so he was Jessie’s “cooler older cousin” (so he thought) at the time. The occasion was rare that we actually hung out besides in their family setting. Except for maybe the time he let Jessie and I straighten his hair…. Lol. We grew up in different towns and went about life after high school. Vinnie joined the Marines and I started my college & career journey. Throughout that time we friended one another on socials with the occasional post like but never really reconnected through that time. I finally felt like our paths aligned again after I heard that Vin moved back to the area from Florida. I decided (after a lot of drafted messages HAH) to reach out on Instagram and ask him to meet up for dinner. In true Vin fashion he took hours to respond but we quickly made plans and the rest is history, as they say! After a few months Vin and my daughter Charly became best buds right away as did Vin’s pup Wilco with Charly and I!! Now we are getting married!!! We can’t wait to start this next chapter together and are so excited to have all of our favorite people there to celebrate with us!