Him: It was the cutest story. I wasn’t looking for love, and I was in the middle of transferring schools when I stumbled upon her instagram, and it said she was from the school I was transferring to. So me being curious to talk to this cute girl, I began asking her about school and that quickly transitioned into other subjects, and that was that. Then later, I was working at Hyvee, and this girl was talking animated with her hands, and she smacked me in the face on accident. And it was the SAME GIRL from instagram. My heart went aflutter. I knew it was meant to be. Later, she apologized over instgram, we got to talking, and the rest is history! Her: You could say it was a meet cute. Thomas caught my eye in his Hyvee uniform, while I was fundraising there at Hyvee with my local church. While talking animatedly, I accidentally slapped Thomas in the face as he was walking by. Thomas was kind enough to say sorry over Instagram direct message, even though it was not his fault! We got to talking over message about everything we liked and loved and fell in love soon after, when he moved to my school and we started hanging out every second we could!

From "Will you be my girlfriend?" to "Will you marry me?", Thomas and Bethany have spent over three years together as a couple. Thomas and Bethany are high school sweethearts, spent five months long distance, and now enjoy living in the same city Denver, Colorado, just miles apart. They enjoy going to the movies, going on short hikes, and cooking together.

It was no secret to everyone...except Bethany! Thomas got the whole family in on it, with Momma Pena on camera, Mom Honnold on Facetime! The Penas were in town for Bethany's birthday, and Thomas got down on one knee that very day at their favorite spot in the mountains, Sapphire Point. She said yes of course;)