We are getting married!

Alvin and Kaitlyn met in 2009 as Freshman at Treasure Coast High School. As young lovers, it was a very "rocky" relationship (ask their parents and friends about it). It took many years of distance, long car rides, plane rides, break ups, not speaking to getting back together, sacrifice, crying, laughing, and crying again, a whole lot of self growth, and then buying their first home together, all to get to this very moment of soon to be the Mr. and Mrs. Swoope (this was indeed, the very short version, of their story). Meeting your soulmate at 15 years old is not common. Keeping love strong for as many years as they have is not common. "How do you know when someone is your soulmate, your person? It is waking up every morning so happy to be next to them. It is driving home from work so excited to see them and spend the rest of the day together. It is arguing over something little, just to laugh about it 10 minutes later. It is knowing someone since you were 15 years old and still having the same butterflies and nervous-like feeling 12 years later." - Kaitlyn "To a man, to be loved is security. It’s knowing, and feeling that I’m better with you than without. It is 100% honestly about wants, needs, and emotions. To be loved by you is my security and my safety. It is the comfort that travels with me to unfamiliar spaces, keeping my mind as ease knowing I’m here, and I’m here with you. To be loved by you..my bestfriend and soulmate, is the greatest feeling I’ve ever felt.” - Alvin "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7