The bride and groom met during their freshman year of college, living across from each other in the dorms at Colorado Mesa University. Their close friendship quickly grew into the union we are here to celebrate.

Phil says he has loved Lauren from the start, remembering exactly what she was wearing the first time he met her. Lauren realized he was the man she wanted to spend forever with and through prayers asking if he was the man God made for her, a mark appeared on her ring finger.

The couple got engaged in Cocoa Beach, Florida on May 29th of 2024. The day before, they were baptized in the ocean together by the bride's parents. Phil proposed on the beach during sunrise, littering the sand with shells her brother collected from her favorite beach. Proposing with a ring he designed for her using his mother's diamond.

After their engagement, they moved into their first apartment together, where they currently live with their golden puppy, Napa.

The bride and groom are excited to start their lives together as they become man and wife.