Our story... where to begin. Let's take you all the way back to August 2007.

First day of high school. Rebecca walked into the cafeteria at Shawnee Mission East High School, spotting her friend Micheala. She decided to sit down at this table of strangers, not knowing that these strangers would turn into life long best friends. She spotted this boy with super curly brown hair and blue eyes. "Damn, he's real cute..."
Fast forward a few days, Cole is walking out of his first ever high school pep assembly when he spotted this girl he didn't know walking with his friend Micheala. Her brown hair and green eyes caught his attention, and he thought "wow, she's really cute... I wonder who she is."
The year long flirting game started, continuing even while Rebecca thought she should date a different guy. Until finally, November 24, 2008, while hanging out in Cole's driveway waiting for Rebecca's parents to come pick her up, he asked her to officially be his girlfriend.

Three and a half years passed. These years were filled with good times, hard times, challenges, and love. We decided to give it our all for college, but distance and scheduling made it too difficult, and we decided it would be best to take a break. This break lasted the rest of our college days, but we never really stopped loving each other.

October 2014, after running into each other and speaking for the first time in a year at the Royal's World Series game 7, we started talking a bit more frequently. Maybe a bit too frequently. We stayed up late talking over breaks in Kansas City, talking about our families, our individual dreams, and eventually how we still cared for one another. This all led up to May 9, 2015. Cole and our friend Drake adventured up to Kirksville for Rebecca's college graduation. That night, with a little help from friends and tequila, we decided we both wanted to try again.

Now almost 4 years later, we have grown together and learned how to adult together. We have learned what it takes to support, communicate, and love one another through any challenge. We got a dog (light of our lives), moved in, traveled the world, and now we get to say "I do" in front of all the people that have supported us and helped us get to this point, and we could not be more excited!