In the words of Shannon - The day I met Cole, I knew I had met a very special person. I was new to Nashville and was asked by a friend to come with her to a birthday party. Neither of us knew many people in Nashville, so we were just hoping to make some new friends in our new city. I ended up spending the whole night talking to a very sweet, very charming boy named Cole. I texted my friend later that night that I thought I had just met my husband. I was right! In the words of Cole - I was standing in the front yard at a friend's outdoor birthday party when up walked a beautiful brown eyed girl with her friend. I quickly began a conversation with her, and before long I realized we had been talking for almost the whole evening. At the time, I was preoccupied with a career change and taking a break from dating, but something about Shannon made me forget myself and be inescapably present. With a little motivation from my brother, at the end of the night I decided to ask for this one-in-a-million girl's number and I'm so glad I did. Three years (and three rain-soaked camping trips) later, we're finally getting married.