Many years, many miles, and many memories

We first met in middle school when Justin moved to Greenwood, Indiana from Hudsonville, Michigan in the seventh grade. We then had shared another class sophomore year of high school and began dating that fall on September 30th, 2017. We were the cliché basketball player and cheerleader couple, and it was so much fun! Fast forward to the summer before high school senior year, the DeGraaf family moved back to West Michigan. We were both devastated because as high schoolers long distance simply seemed impossible, but we decided to take that leap of faith. Our senior year was quite crazy juggling so much change, a long distance relationship, COVID craziness, and also college decisions. Justin's college story began at Don Bosco, a basketball prep school in Crown Point, Indiana, and I started mine at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Following our first college year, we both found ourselves in new and separate locations once again. In 2021, Justin moved to UCSD in San Diego, California to continue his basketball and academic dreams, and I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana to pursue my nursing career dreams. This is where the distance really grew, which was about 2,000 miles away and a 3-hour time difference. We continue to work through new chapters as we approach the married life. Justin moved to play his senior year of basketball at Grace College in Warsaw, Indiana. Meanwhile, I started my career as a registered nurse in Fort Wayne, Indiana where I worked in the NICU, and then made a move to Michigan where I now work as an OR surgical nurse in Holland, Michigan. Now we count down the days till this amazing celebration!

Blessed with where we have been together and where we are going.

Thats our story!

In total - 7+ years of loving each other, 6 years of distance, and many years of marriage to come.

Future DeGraafs

S&J

Wedding Day