We finally made it. After 5 years and 1.5 months of dating/engagement, we were finally going to become husband and wife. At the time, those 5 years felt like forever, but looking back, we’ve been married longer than we were together before we got married…and that’s CRAZY to think about.

He walks me what seems like FOREVER but I know where we’re headed. We’re headed to the tree we’re going to get married under. We get there and he takes the blindfold off of me. We’re standing in the middle of a heart made out of mason jars with little fake candles in them and rose petals on the ground *swoon*. He reads me a letter that he wrote me and of course I start crying.

The story of Ryan and Brittany - the dating years. It was August of 2011. I was preparing to go to college and Ryan was on his way back from a family vacation. I was ay my uncle’s house preparing for my going away party (really just an excuse to have a giant slip-n-slide party). I came inside to show a friend my new computer—complete with fancy Jack Bauer-esque finger print scanner—when Ryan messaged me on Facebook. We chatted for a few minutes and, since I was going to go back outside to join the festivities, we exchanged phone numbers…and we never looked back.