About a year before Ashley and Josh met, Ashley noticed this simple, cute guy on Instagram. She decided to "follow" him, and he "followed" her back. She also began to like multiple pictures to get his attention but of course no response from Josh. Keep in mind this was all a dare coming from her good friends. Josh did noticed the follow and the likes and decided to stalk this beautiful girl's Instagram. During that time Josh was going through a difficult time due to the passing of his father and didn't want to bring anyone new to his life. As time goes by Josh and his friends decide to take a trip to southern California. With his excitement for the trip he posted a picture on Instagram of the road heading to California. Ashley saw the picture and wanted to respond to it but wondered whether or not Josh would respond; she decided to go with her gut feeling and sent a couple of emojis. To her surprise he responded right away. After a few conversations on Instagram he smoothly asked for her number, until this day she really doesn't know what happened because he was that smooth. From their first conversation, they noticed that there was a level of familiarity and comfort with one another that they hadn't experience with anyone else . Since then, not a day has gone by that they haven't talked. Till this day they both say how crazy it is the way they found each other. They believe that their story is truly the work of God, who brought a guy from Utah to fall in LOVE with a girl from California.