Jarrad was first graced with Meigan's presence in 5th grade during All City Band practice, where Jarrad played the saxophone and Meigan played the flute. Though they never spoke in band, middle school gave them their next opportunity to connect by putting their lockers next to each other. Thank goodness for their alphabetically close names! However, they both thought the other was weird (they weren't wrong...) and avoided being at their lockers at the same time. Literally, they'd wait around the corner until the other was finished and left. High school is when they finally began to think "Hmm, maybe this person isn't a complete wacko" and became friends. Jarrad helped Meigan pass math (maybe science too...) and Meigan helped Jarrad edit his English papers. Jarrad watched Meigan in the school play and compete in sports, and Meigan cheered Jarrad on while he excelled academically and won national awards for the JROTC Drill Team. Senior year they began to date, and have been growing and navigating through life together ever since. Now it's time to finally get married!