Chris and I met through mutal friends my freshman year of college at UCF and began hanging out almost every day. After a couple of pool parties, a weekend trip to the beach, and a few late nights spent talking into the early morning hours, we quickly became an item (no matter how much he denied it at first). A midnight run to Waffle House during a house-party sealed the deal and we thought, “Okay. This could be something.” Twelve years later and we're getting married!
Destin, Florida is a special place to us and we try our best to visit every year. To celebrate Tayler graduating with her doctoral degree last year, we decided to vacation over July 4th weekend and I thought it would be the perfect time to finally propose! If anyone knows us, Tayler uses color-coded Google spreadsheets to map out trips, so knew I had to work something into what she already had planned. July 4th came quickly and we had reservations for dinner at Baytowne and were going to watch their firework show afterward. We found the perfect spot to view the fireworks and about 20 minutes into the show I asked her if this was the finale. Tayler thought I wanted to leave early to avoid traffic (because I always do), but instead asked a couple nearby to take a picture of us, got down on one knee, and proposed! Tayler screamed, shouted "YES," and we were engaged. We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you. See you in Orlando!