the future Fanjoys...

We were both born and raised in Thousand Oaks, CA, but never really crossed paths with each other until the end of college. We went to rival high schools (T.O. & Westlake), and both played sports. Somehow over the years, we became connected on all of the main social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). We had never even spoken to one another until one day, February 13th, 2017 to be exact, Tanner direct messaged Nicky on Instagram and asked, "Have we ever met before?" (even though he knew we had never met before).

Our two year anniversary was coming up in May, so Tanner asked me a few months before if I would want to go away for a weekend to celebrate. We were going to stay for two nights at a cute little motel in the Solvang area, and Tanner booked a "reserve" at a local winery. It was going to be so much fun to go away and celebrate together. I asked on the drive over what exactly it meant for us to have a "reserve" at the winery. Tanner said we would be getting our own little private table, a bottle of wine, charcuterie basket, and get to just sip wine and overlook the vineyards. After being taken to our little spot, we were sipping some wine, eating cheese and crackers, loving life, when Tanner told me he had something for me. I felt bad, because we had agreed not to get each other anniversary gifts. He reached under the paper straw at the bottom of the charcuterie basket and pulled out a box. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. It was an easy answer!