I LOVE our love story! We first met when we were in the 2nd grade. We wound up becoming close in the 3rd grade thanks to our 3rd grade teacher, Mr. Springer! We like to say he's what brought us together. In the 3rd grade, Mr. Springer had us sit next to each other, and for the next couple of years, we sat next to each other as well. We wound up becoming best friends! We were each other's first loves. We used to always so to ourselves that we'd marry each other, even with how young we were! Unfortunately, we went our separate ways in the 6th grade. We went to different schools and lost contact with each other. We used to be so shy around each other when we did see each other haha We used to see each other at basketball practices and would run away because of nerves even though later we both told each other how much we wanted to talk to each other haha We had both lost hope that we would reconnect again, but little did we know church camp would bring us back together! We both had gone to the same church camp during the summer of 2021 and that is what brought us together. We barely talked the whole time due to nerves, but not all hope was lost! On the last day of church camp, I asked Payton's sister for his phone number. Our love story had started again from there. We are so grateful for the church camp because here we are now! I feel certain that even if we didn't go to church camp, we would have found each other again eventually. It would just be a matter of time! We were made to be together, and we believe that with every piece of our lives <3