Wedding Date on Jun 12, 2016

As told by Nolan... Caroline's family moved to Nashville from Houston, Texas in 2004. Our families attended the same church when we were in fifth grade, which is where Caroline and I first met. I remember noticing her eyebrows during those Sunday school years, but I don't think we became friends until she transferred to the same school as me, CPA, in the seventh grade. One day in seventh or eighth grade, Tyler, my older brother, and I were talking about girls that I thought were cute in my class. Tyler told me, "Watch out for that Caroline Smith, she is going to be a babe in high school!" He was right. Fast-forwarding to sophomore year, Caroline and I happened to be chemistry lab partners, which, for me, meant that I got to flirt with her everyday for at least 45 minutes. During this time, Caroline was looking for someone to play guitar for her in a showcase that CPA does every year called Coffeehouse. Thanks to Laurie, Caroline's mom, Caroline worked up the courage to ask me to accompany her. I agreed, and the main thing that I remember is that we definitely told our parents we needed to practice a lot more than we actually did. We went on our first date shortly after, in September of 2009, just after I got my license. I convinced my parents, and somehow Caroline convinced hers, to let us go to the Ryman Auditorium for a Jonny Lang concert. Since it was raining that night, my mom drove us downtown and picked us up a few hours later. At the concert I held Caroline's hand during a slow song and casually kissed her forehead, which all happened after I told the people sitting next to us that we were "not on a date." Thankfully, she still agreed to go out with me, and six years later I decided to give her a ring. It was the best decision of my life!