We originally met while both attending the same very small middle and high school. We were one grade apart and we both went to the same youth group. We were never really friends and hardly spoke to each other, but we each knew one another. Jump forward to 2015, after we had both graduated college and found ourselves back within just a few miles of each other. We reconnected via an online dating site, and within a day we had made plans to meet. Nate cooked Rachel dinner on our first date, and we watched a pretty terrible movie together. It became a beautiful relationship, which neither of us had seen coming. We quickly fell in love, moved in together, and started a family with three wonderful pups.

One year later, while visiting Rachel's sister in Los Angeles, Nate sent Rachel on a photo scavenger hunt around the city. He made her take a photo with a palm tree, hugging a mannequin, sticking her feet in the water, and imitating a statue. After Rachel earned 100 points from all the photos ops, she was given instructions to close her eyes. When she opened them, she saw Nate down on one knee and she of course said yes! We are so excited for the rest of our adventure to begin and can't wait to become Mr. and Mrs. Paul.