Laura and Stephen met through Stephen's cousin, Whitcomb, at a Quail Forever fundraiser in Albany, Georgia. Laura had started her third year of UGA Pharmacy school at the Albany campus and Stephen had recently moved back to his hometown to work for Safety Max. A few days later, Stephen took Laura on their first date. They picked up a six pack of Coronas, two Zaxby's Zalads, and went four-wheeling around Stephen’s family farm. It was perfect! A couple of years and many vacations later, Stephen and Laura took a trip Japan. After spending some time in Tokyo trying a lot of different foods, dressing up as Mario characters and driving go karts around the city, and visiting a hedgehog cafe, they left for Kyoto. In Kyoto, Stephen took Laura to Gyoen National Garden where they stopped on a bridge to look at some ducks and take in the beautiful scenery. There Stephen asked Laura to take another adventure with him. After the shock of realizing he had a ring in his pocket and not bread to feed the ducks, Laura said yes!