Wedding Date on Nov 8, 2019

John and I were both Professional Athletes when we met. I had just finished my professional soccer rookie season with the Seattle Reign, and he had finished his first full year of minor league baseball season in the Baltimore Orioles Organization. We were home, in Kansas City training at separate facilities, but I was training with his best friend. For months, he tried to set us up. He said, what kind of guys do you like? I constantly said, I am not dating right now! I'm focused on soccer. But...tall, big, handsome and athletic? He said, "I have got the guys for you!" What's so crazy is we grew up a mere 45 minutes away from each other. HE went K-8th grade with one of my very best friends. Yet, we didn't meet until we were 22! Three months later, on New Year's Eve, my best friend and I had zero plans. "Let's just go to their party," she urged me. I caved. We drove out to Lawrence, KS only to be greeted by John and his friend Jon (who set this up). Definitely not a party. We talked all evening (I did the talking) and before I left he didn't ask for my number or anything! I thought it was a lost cause. Surely he didn't like me. he played it SO cool. Well, he definitely liked me. February 28th, 2016 he asked me, "So do you want to do this?" I practically forced his hand to finally ask me to be his girlfriend. Almost three years later, on January 5th he asked me to be his wife in his parents backyard. He is a simple man. His words carry a lot of weight. He said some very sweet words. Then, through laughter at my sobs he said, "Do you want to, do this?" I died laughing, and crying and my sister, friend, and his family popped out as a surprise. I retired from playing Professionally a year before this. While that past fall John had made his Major League Baseball debut against the Red Sox. It was all magic. 2019 season began and John was with the Major League team. Playing for the Baltimore Orioles against the Yankees. I was SO nervous, but excited to leave work to be here. I received a call I never thought I would get. John's dad was ill. Very ill. Pancreatic Cancer. This was a very rocky time to be honest. But, in November we had the wedding of a lifetime. The funny thing is, I have dreamt up my perfect wedding for over 20 years. And our wedding was definitely not that. But I learned that we really are living the dream. We had ALL of our closest family present, healthy, and joyful. Our best friends were there, celebrating all out. We found each-other on the dance floor grinning ear to ear, singing our hearts out and realized that this messy life is better than any dream. John and me, together. Making a commitment for eternity to be each-others loudest fans even, among a stadium full of Yankees. To be the first to comfort when bad news about our parent's health comes our way. TO hold each-other tightly after the first miscarriage. To spin each-other around the kitchen care free, even if just for a few minutes. To celebrate a rainy Saturday morning with pancakes and good coffee. To never go to sleep angry, and always say good morning, and I love you. We made a sacred promise to always love, respect and guide each other. We couldn't have captured that any better than this film shows. Through the extreme lows, and the incredible highs, our love has continued to grow, evolve and flourish.