Jasmine + Steven 

Some love stories begin quietly, in the kind of place that becomes more meaningful with time. For Jasmine Arias and Steven Powell, that place was The Barley Oak. After two and a half years of dating, Steven brought Jasmine back there under the simple excuse of stopping for a drink before dinner with friends. It was familiar, easy, and unsuspecting, until he walked her across the street to the lakefront and asked her to spend forever with him just steps from where their story began.

Jasmine remembers being overcome with every emotion at once, so much so that the words Steven spoke are now wrapped in the blur of pure joy. The surprise continued at Whiskey Tavern, where family and friends were waiting to celebrate. It was the kind of full circle moment that felt written long before either of them knew it.