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It was the 4th&nbsp;of July in Washington, DC and the year 2015. That night, Megan, who was living in the DC area at the time, had plans to meet a friend who was in town visiting from Greenville, SC for the 4th of July firework spectacle. They decided to walk around the monuments to explore the magic of DC at night. This is where she first met Jake, a roommate of the friend. Unfortunately their story does not start here. It was a brief encounter and the only interaction between the two was an argument about which phone was better – Samsung or iPhone. He was Samsung, she was IPhone. 

Six months later the magic begins&nbsp;to happen. The mutual friend called Megan to ask if she was free the night of December 3rd. He, Jake, and another mutual friend were in DC and had extra tickets to watch the lighting of the National Christmas Tree. Megan eagerly agreed and brought a friend along to meet up with the guys. She made it just in time for the show. During the show Jake mentioned to his friend that he thought Megan was cute only to get put down, his friend proceeded to tell him, “You don’t stand a chance!&nbsp; She is super picky.” After the show, with everyone frozen and hungry, they decided to go to Old Georgetown and grab drinks and dinner. On the walk to the restaurant the friend whispered in Megan’s ear that Jake thought she was cute and how he had told him he didn’t stand a chance. She got a laugh out of this as she also thought he was cute, quiet, and mysterious. 

 

At the restaurant Jake made it a point to sit next to Megan and, surprisingly enough, they hit it off! They talked and laughed all night long. The night ended with Jake asking for her number, and without hesitation Megan handed it over. After Jake went back home to Greenville, SC the two texted all day long for days getting to know each other, until he finally got up the courage to call her. After that first call the two spoke every day. Their relationship took off, feeling as if they had both found the missing piece to his/her own puzzle. After much apprehension of having a long distance relationship Jake realized Megan was worth the effort. He came to visit her in April and officially asked her to be his girlfriend. Over the next year both made multiple trips to visit each other, enjoy dates, and grow their relationship before finally accepting new jobs and both moving to Charlotte, NC a year later in April 2017. 

 

On December 21, 2018, three years after the National Christmas Tree lighting where their story began, Megan and Jake went to DC to carry on their annual tradition of walking around the beautiful lit National Christmas Tree and DC monuments. Little did she know, Jake had other plans. &nbsp;When they arrived they noticed a crowd of people standing near the tree.&nbsp; It was a little before 6pm, but the tree was not on. They both stopped and waited for a bit thinking it would light at 6. They took pictures (now both on their iPhones ;) ), laughed, and walked around nearby waiting for the tree to light. 6 o’clock rolled around and the tree still does not light up! Suddenly, they embarrassingly realized they had forgotten the government was shut down so the tree was not going to light up at all that night. Megan was fed up and ready to search for other Christmas lights and a way to get out of the cold. She tried to hurry off and head to the Zoo Lights, but Jake stopped her - “Let’s just walk around here for a bit, since we are already here.” She obliged, although frozen and irritated as their plans weren’t not going accordingly. That was just their luck, as most planned events in DC had not gone as planned during their past visits. They held hands and walked to the far side of the Ellipse where there was a gorgeous view of the White House, Washington Monument, and unlit National Christmas tree. &nbsp;In that moment, Jake dropped down on one knee while holding her hand and asked “Will you marry me?”&nbsp; And, of course, she said yes!!!

Every great love story begins with a cocktail – at least ours did

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Walter Nutting

Met the Bride&nbsp;3.5&nbsp;years ago on a flag-football team, both looking to meet guys, and met their best friend!

Jenny Sandler

Met the Bride&nbsp;15 years ago in&nbsp;&nbsp;High School through the cross country and soccer teams and became college roommates.

Blair Appleby

Met the groom 13 years ago in High School and became best friends.

Cody King

Met the Bride&nbsp;10 years ago through Cheddars as coworkers and then became travel and adventure partners.&nbsp;

Amanda Sidway

Met the Groom 6 years ago as his manager at Joe's Crab Shack and then became best friends and roommates.&nbsp;

Jeremy Cook

Met the Groom 20+ years ago as neighbors and became childhood best friends.

Brenden Bourassa

Met the Bride 16 years ago in Middle School&nbsp;through soccer and YMCA camps and became best friends.

Kristen Kratovil

Met the Bride 10 years ago in a college class&nbsp;and became best friends and roommates.&nbsp;

Katelyn McFarren

Chris Carey

Christal Martin

Joshua Stevenson

Everett Maikranz

Camden Ashcraft

Leighton Ashcraft

Eva Maikranz

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