Our Story

When Taylor and I were in the 5th grade, we both went to different elementary schools. He went to North Main and I went to Westwood. (that's where all the cool kids went...haha) Taylor played football for the white pittbulls and that is the team that my dad and Phil Hicks coached together. Taylor and I met at football practice. I would always go with my dad and through the ball around just like one of the boys. When 6th grade started our school district decided to combine the schools, so from then on we went to the same middle school, junior high, and high school. Taylor and I were always friends, but never great friends until our sophomore year of high school. We planned out our schedules together and we had 5 out 7 classes together. We liked hanging out with each other and it also helped to do our homework and study together. Our junior year we took a few classes together again, but not as many as our 10th grade year. As we became seniors we sort of went our separate ways. We didn't hang out much our senior year or the summer following. On August 4, 2006 Taylor became a daddy to one handsome little boy. (Peyton Cole Sterling) During the fall of 2006 all of our friends started college. Most of them stayed at UAFS like Taylor and I did. After a few months I decided that college wasn't for me and I started going to Designer College to get my license to be a hairstylist. At this point in our life Taylor and I started to become friends again. He came to the beauty college several times to get his hair cut by me and we would also hang out at Coti and Diamond's apartment every now and then. Once I finished beauty school, I began working at Mitzi Dunavin Salon in Greenwood. I worked there for a year and Taylor would still come to get his haircut and he will also bring Peyton. In August of 2008 I got a phone call from DeNise, the owner of the beauty school, asking me to come back and be an instructor. I willingly agreed thinking it was a good opportunity. As I started getting my instructor license Taylor started to come around quite a bit. He would come by my parents house, just to hang out and he would also bring Peyton. (who had just turned 2) After a few months of "hanging out" Taylor and I decided to see if we could make it work. We became facebook official in October of 2008. Taylor was still going to school to become a mechanical engineer and was also working for Center Point Energy. On May 11th 2009, Taylor asked me to be his wife. The same day my sister bought her very own house. (She will say we stole her thunder, but it's Taylor's fault) I moved in with Amber  and lived with her for a year, before Taylor and I tied the knot. We got married on May 15, 2010 and it was the absolute best day of my life. Five of my best friends were standing beside me and five of Taylor's best friends were beside him. Phil Hicks (remember Taylor's little league football coach?) was the officiant. We were so honored to have him marry is because we both grew up around him and we think so highly of him. It started raining at 6:00pm that day, but thankfully it stopped at 6:25pm, just 5 minutes before I walked down the isle. Normally I would have been upset, but at that point I knew there was nothing  I could do about it, and it turned out wonderful. The raindrops made it even more romantic. We read our own vows to each each and my wonderful cousin Heather sang, From this Moment on, as we poured our unity sand. Ok, I guess that's enough about our wedding day; even though, I could go on all day. We left the next morning for our honeymoon in the Riviera Maya. (specifically Puerto Moreles, Mexico) As we came back from our honeymoon we moved into a little 2 bedroom apartment that we thought was wonderful. We barely had enough room for all of our wedding gifts, clothes, and Peyton's toys, but we were tickled to death to be living together in that tiny little apartment. At this point in our lives, Taylor was still  going to school and working really hard. He got an internship at Baldor Electric and I was still working for DeSigner College as an instructor. We lived in our apartment for a little over before Taylor graduated from college with a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. He got hired at Baldor as an engineer and I we were more than excited for him to have a "real" job. After graduating we got a pre-approved to buy a home and on July 1, 2011 we closed on our VERY OWN home. Well I'm sure this is long and boring to most people who read it, but it gives me butterflies in my tummy to remember how blessed we are to have each other. That's all for now.. until next time.

Our honeymoon in Mexico!

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