Rachel

My fiance, Tyler, and I met when we were little at the church that we both attended. We are two years and a couple months apart, so we never talked much in depth. My family felt led to leave the church, but God led them back in 2005. I was 13 years old, and I thought Tyler was the cutest thing since boy bands! Since we were older, we could talk and it was normal! I was smitten by his handsomeness, but I was an awkard and chubby teen. But, somehow, he called me one afternoon and invited me to the movies with a group of friends. This was the first outing we went on, but it wasn't necessarily a date. Then, we went on a youth trip to Six Flags in Georgia. We went to Stone Mountain to watch the lazer show, and that is where I had my first kiss ever. (Yes, he's the only boy I've kissed...what do you expect, I was 13 when I met my future husband! I wouldn't have it any other way!) We both go to Carson-Newman University, and we are both studying Vocal Music Education. I was a vocalist in the Jazz Band, and we took an amazing trip to Hawaii this past Thanksgiving. We climb Diamond Head on November 22, 2011, and he proposed at the top of the volcano! A majority of our Men's Chorus was with us, and they were singing as Tyler pulled out the scrap book he had made. As I looked up from the next to last page he was on one knee and popped the question! Of course, I said yes!!  We've been hooked since that day, June 8, 2006, and we are so excited to be getting married 7 Years later!! He is the best man, and I am so blessed that God placed our paths together. We've had our ups-and-downs like any other couple, but I am very proud to say that we have never broken up. I look forward to my new life as a wife and, one day, a mother!