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Sarah's Story:&nbsp;

It was my&nbsp;sweet sixteen birthday party and all of my friends were coming over, including one of my best friends, Nolan Martin. Nol&nbsp;was telling me how he wasn't going to come because he had to wake up early to catch his bus to Cobourg for an afternoon game the next day.&nbsp;Later that evening, Nol texted me and told me he was coming&nbsp;and of course I was excited to see him but I&nbsp;was also excited because I&nbsp;had m&ms with my face on them. A few hours into the party Nolan arrived with a couple of guys and gave me hug and said "Happy Birthday", I&nbsp;thought it would stop there but he proceeded to say "you look good, beautiful actually", I&nbsp;swear my heart-melted, nice guy Nol was just a nice guy! My mum came up to me&nbsp;later&nbsp;in the night&nbsp;and said "oh my goodness Sarah, I&nbsp;have never met Nolan before, but he is awesome and he is so handsome, you should go for him", I&nbsp;replied the way any teenager would, "Ew mum, Nol&nbsp;is one of my best friends". Throughout the rest of the night (thanks to mum) I&nbsp;payed more attention to Nol and mum was right he was incredibly handsome and kind but he was also my best friend and I&nbsp;would never risk losing that, so I dropped it and continued to party on.

A few days later Nol and I&nbsp;were texting about something (can't remember what) and mum caught me smiling and said "You must be texting Nolan, I can tell by that smile on your face", I&nbsp;replied with "Yes, I am and I'm smiling because he said something funny", but that was a white lie because Nol was actually inviting me to his party and&nbsp;telling me how he really wanted me to come because he liked&nbsp;spending time with me. I&nbsp;asked my mum and dad and they said "Of course! As long as you have all your studying done", lets be honest, I&nbsp;think mum's heart skipped a&nbsp;beat because she was already asking me what I&nbsp;was going to wear.&nbsp;

It's now the night of Nol's party and I show up in jeans and a hoodie to my mum's dismay and instantly Nol is chatting with me and when he wasn't,&nbsp;he was keeping an eye on me. Part of me was smitten and part of me was annoyed&nbsp;because there were a lot of&nbsp;cute boys there who weren't my best friend but my actual best friend (Nol) wouldn't let me carry on conversation with them for longer than 10 minutes. It was&nbsp;getting close to 1:00am and some people are catching their rides home and I was finding a couch to nap on while waiting for Dad to pick me up. Nol was telling me how he going to move his car so his buddy could get out and I&nbsp;told him he was crazy because all he was wearing shorts and it was&nbsp;-20 outside, however, he is a strong manly man who went outside anyways. In that short period of time I&nbsp;had fallen on asleep on the couch and I woke-up&nbsp;to a shivering Nol who said&nbsp;"I&nbsp;am freezing, can I&nbsp;share that blanket with you", I&nbsp;replied with "No, you're crazy, I told you it was freezing out and your the one who&nbsp;decided not to listen", but the boy was relentless "Please Sarah, I'm freezing...". No sooner then when I&nbsp;said "fine" Nol&nbsp;and I&nbsp;were sitting on the couch sharing the blanket with some Christmas movie playing (it was December 19, 2011). We talked for a bit about how cold he was and how fun the party was when nice guy Nol asked if he could kiss me and here we are today.... engaged and soon to be married!&nbsp; Nolan's Story:I remember it like it was yesterday. The first time I met Sarah was an encounter I simply could never forget. It began as another average day in the halls of Centennial and well...it remained as another average day...haha. It wasn't until after school that I was blessed with being introduced to the beautiful Ms. Sarah MacDonald through a best friend of mine, Watty. Unfortunately, it was after a long day of school followed by rugby so I knew I probably looked and smelt absolutely awful! Fortunately for me, Sarah had also just finished playing soccer, but I have to admit that I have never seen someone look so good after sweating on a field for 2 hours. Needless to say, regardless of the heat and sweat, this girl was naturally stunning. We both shared a ride home with Watty and made a pit stop at DQ on the way. This day left me hoping that this was just the beginning of a lifelong friendship and the first of many memories together. Her eyes and smile were more than enough to leave me reminiscing on this day for many months to come.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We continued to talk and see more of each other becoming very good friends. I loved getting to know her more and more day by day realizing how special she was. I cherished our relationship and knew that it would be one I cherish for a very long time. The more time we spent together as friends, the stronger my feelings grew. The times we spent along the waterfront trails and different gatherings were more than enough to make me realize that I wanted this girl in my life as more than just a friend. There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about when I would have the opportunity to talk or see Sarah next. I honestly felt like I could have spent every day with her.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not long after, Sarah had her sweet sixteen birthday party where I got to meet her parents for the first time who were total beauties by the way. Shortly after her party, I hosted a farewell end of the year party for my hockey team. Considering it was a Monday night during exam season, I was pretty pumped to hear that Sarah was coming! This night turned out to be one of the most special nights of our relationship to this day, I finally had worked up the courage to ask for her permission to kiss her. I instantly knew that she was the one for me. Needless to say, the kiss on December 19, 2011 was just the beginning of a lifetime of happiness, love, and memories together. On March 15, 2012 we officially started dating and on April 1, 2017 we were officially engaged. On August 4, 2018, we will continue to show our love and commitment to each other by officially tying the knot in front of all of our loved ones and we couldn't be any more excited!

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Molly and Sarah met 5 summers ago when Molly started dating Nolan's brother Matt. Since that day Sarah and Molly have had an incredible bond and relationship, true&nbsp;sisters at heart.&nbsp;

Molly Keeler 

Sarah and Meaghan met while they were both attending Loyalist College for the Paralegal Program, they were best friends instantly and both helped each other through a tough couple of years.&nbsp;Safe to say I&nbsp;don't think either of them would have crossed the stage if it weren't for their movie days, iced coffees and study system.&nbsp;

Meaghan Ropp

Sarah and Kurt met through their mutual friend Hayden. Sarah was attending a party at Hayden and Kurt's house when a very talkative Kurt came up to Sarah and started asking her 20 questions and out of that small conversation a friendship started and&nbsp;5 years later they have come to appreciate that they are pretty much the same person.&nbsp;

Kurstyn Brant

Sarah and Hayden met in highschool, Hayden was driving a couple of mutual friends and Sarah to the Mud Bogs and grew extremely close extremely fast. The last 5 years have been a great ride and there's no sight of&nbsp;these gals slowing down.&nbsp;

Hayden Avey

Nolan and Matt met the day&nbsp;Nolan was born. Matt is Nolan's older brother who showed Nolan almost everything he knows about hockey, and&nbsp;WWE (they still wrestle...). The two grew up best friends, depending and leaning each other no matter what life has thrown at them.&nbsp;

Matt Martin

Corey and Nolan met while playing hockey. The two of them are incredibly similar,&nbsp;they're&nbsp;both kind, generous and just easy going kind of guys, it's no wonder their best friends because they bring out the best in each other!

Corey Brant

Nolan and Dave met through hockey as well, though they were a bit younger. Nolan and Dave both enjoyed cracking a few jokes and singing a few songs and we all know Nolan can't say no singing - in fact why don't you ask the two to sing their duet and you'll see it in their eyes this friendship was destined to be.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dave Lytle 

Brandon (please call him Kinny) and Nolan met in high school, similarly their friendship started over a couple laughs and a couple of drinks. Kinny and Nolan will both say they're not competitive but ask anyone that knows them and it's a different story - "What is friendship for $1000.00"

Brandon MacKinnon

Jesse and Nolan also met while playing hockey (seeing a trend?). The two of them share a ridiculously similar sense of humour and when they're together nobody can get a word in between the&nbsp;two of them&nbsp;laughing. The friendship has survived transitions through Colleges, Universities and distance, in-fact while Nolan was on the East Coast, Jesse was on the West!

Jesse Labrecque 

Dylan and Nolan also met through hockey and then they lived 5 doors down from eachother through most of highschool.&nbsp; This friendship started with a couple of jokes as well and the two both love food, watty burger anyone? Dylan also&nbsp;moved out West for a few years for school and work but&nbsp;distance and time weren't tough&nbsp;obstacles for these two to break down.&nbsp;

Dylan Staveley-Watson

Nolan and Sarah met their beautiful niece&nbsp;on January 31, 2017. Violet is a funny girl with the nickname 'Bean', she enjoys making a mess&nbsp;and she loves food!

Violet Martin 

Nolan and Sarah met Kamdin on April 2, 2012, he was their first nephew and helped Uncle Nolan get over his fear of holding babies. Kamdin is a sweet boy who has an incredible sense of humour and imagination.&nbsp;

Kamdin Martin

Nolan and Sarah met Grayson on December 16, 2013. Sarah and Nolan were in Halifax at the time of his birth attending school so waiting a whole three weeks to meet their newest nephew was heart wrenching but well worth the wait. Gray man is a fun-loving little guy who loves to help cook and clean.&nbsp;

Grayson MacDonald

Sarah and Nolan met Nathan (tater) on April 4, 2017. Nathan is the newest of the nephews and he bring so much joy into everyone's life, I swear this little tater never stops smiling or giving kisses.&nbsp;

Sarah & Nolan

Sarah & Nolan

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