We go way back—Kindergarten at The Lovett School in 2001. For the next five years, we shared the same homeroom and kept a crush on one another.

Eddie still has the gift Anna gave him in 4th grade: a football signed by UVA quarterback Matt Schaub. Having grown up next door to Matt's parents, Anna was thrilled to surprise Eddie with the autograph.

Through middle school, high school, and college—Anna at UGA and Eddie at UVA—our paths drifted apart. After graduating in 2018, Anna moved to New York City to work on The Dr. Oz Show, while Eddie drove to Victor, Idaho to work outdoors for World Cast Anglers before beginning his career in Atlanta the following year.

When COVID hit, Anna left the city to head home, and Eddie took the liberty of a $60 Delta flight back out west—with just three passengers onboard. By the fall of 2020, we had both officially returned to Atlanta. Straight from the airport and convinced by his friends to go out, Eddie ended up at Irby’s Tavern—where we ran into each other for the first time in years. It felt like no time had passed.

To our surprise, we crossed paths again the next day at a party at Eddie’s house, and a week later we went on our first date.

One of our earliest trips together was to Highlands, North Carolina—and four years later, in September 2024, we got engaged on the lawn at Half Mile Farm. We’ve spent a lot of time in Western North Carolina over the past several years, and it’s become a very special place for us.

We’re so excited for all our favorite people to join us in Highlands to celebrate our wedding!