Taylor and Hunter met freshman year of high school at Lincoln High. They built a strong friendship that began to grow into something more over the next two years. On August 24th, 2014, Hunter took Taylor on a date and gave her a single rose asking her to be his girlfriend. The two grew up together over the next four years.


They graduated high school and each decided to attend separate universities hours apart. Taylor attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas while Hunter attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska. The two made trips to visit for the weekend, spent holidays together and continued to work through the long distance. Long distance is hard, especially at 20 years old.


From 2018 until 2020, Taylor and Hunter spent time apart. They each spent those two years learning about themselves and growing into who they were meant to be.


After those two years of independence and growth, Taylor sent Hunter a text message wishing him a happy holidays and asking how he's been. And just like that, they found their way back to each other. They went for drinks to find out who they were now. The feelings never changed; after all that time they were still there.


Then the long distance began again. Hunter began a new position in Joplin, Missouri where he lived for a year while Taylor lived in Lincoln, Nebraska during the pandemic. The next year Hunter moved to Arkansas for work while Taylor moved to Austin, Texas for work and school. They spent these two years traveling just to spend weekends together.


Finally, in June of 2022, Hunter started a new position and moved to Austin. They put in the work, growth and love for years to make it to Austin together. It was all worth it when Hunter asked Taylor to marry him on December 2nd, 2022 while their friends and family surprised her at Central Machine Works in Austin.


Today, they live in Austin together with their dogs, Riggins and Cooper, making new friends and more memories. 2024 marks a decade of fighting for each other and the life that they have built thus far. Their story is the greatest love story and it is only just beginning.