How did you two meet?
Peri Lane: "Joshua and I met through church in Auburn! We have gone to the same church as each other since freshman year, but we didn’t know each other at all freshman year- we just knew of each other. We did not formally meet until the beginning of our sophomore year. Our church was having a potluck one of the very first Sundays of the semester to welcome new students, and I decided to help serve drinks (which I had never done before) so that I could meet people as they came through the food line. When Joshua came through the line, I stuck my hand out and said, 'Hey I’m Peri Lane, I do not think we have ever actually met.' He was so polite and his kindness struck me. He shook my hand and told me his name and just seemed very genuine-- and his blonde hair was dreamy to me. It is pretty much history from there. The next week we started 'talking' and then very soon after that we started dating!!"
Joshua: "We met at a church potluck at the very beginning of sophomore year. We had been going to church together for the last year, but were in different circles of friends and didn’t get to meet during freshman year. She was the one pouring everyone’s tea, water and soft drinks at the end of the food line. She introduced herself to me, and I was so shocked that someone as pretty as her was initiating a conversation with me. We had a short conversation over the drink table, and that night we talked more at the college devotional. Two days later, I was invited by her friends to her surprise birthday party and the rest is history."
How and when did Joshua propose?
Peri Lane: "Joshua proposed on November 13, 2020! FINALLY!! It was a Friday night. We had been talking all that week about going on a nice date or doing something fun that Friday night. I was thinking like a nice dinner or something, but Joshua had been mentioning bowling all week. I was always trying to give him perfect opportunities to propose, just being helpful like I am-- and I just couldn’t believe he wanted to go bowling when I was giving him the most perfect opportunity and really the last opportunity before finals started to propose. We hadn’t talked about our plans for that night in a few days so that Friday afternoon I was on a walk while Joshua was at band practice (I liked to walk around that time so I could creep on him and listen to them play ), and I got a message from him telling me he would pick me up at 7 and to be dressed nice WITH A WINKY FACE EMOJI!!!!! I was on the phone with my mom when I got the text, and we started reading into what the winky face could mean. I decided that I thought he was just doing that to be funny. I did a little speed walking back to my apartment to get dressed and was all ready for dinner. He picked me up with the most beautiful flowers (he frequently gets me flowers, but these were the most beautiful ones he had ever given me- roses, lilies, hydrangeas and all in my very favorite colors pink and white!!!)! We then went to dinner at a restaurant in Auburn called Acre which Joshua always calls 'The Acre' and I always have to remind him it’s not, 'THE WALMART' --LOL! We had a great dinner, I ate all of his broccoli casserole, and then I started questioning things. I started asking questions trying to find out what we were going to do after dinner so I could try to see how this night was going to go. Since it was getting close to Christmas time there was a particular street in Auburn that already had some lights up, so I asked if we could go ride and look at them after dinner. He told me we could, but that he wanted to get dessert to go so we needed to take it back to my apartment refrigerator after dinner first. He then goes on to say that we may need to run by his house as well because he thinks he forgot his computer. I then said, 'DO YOU HAVE TO DO HOMEWORK TONIGHT?' I was thinking well here goes this-- he has to study for the rest of the night. I then said, 'Well I guess we aren’t getting engaged tonight.' He then told me that he in fact did not have homework, but just wanted to show me something on his computer so that settled that minor setback, but I was still a little ticked about the whole thing, haha ! We left dinner, and he went to check the trunk of his car for his 'computer.' Turns out he actually had it in there so we were good to go (and he was hiding the ring in his computer case)!! We got back to my apartment and as soon as we got out of the car he asked if I wanted to go walk on campus. WHY YES I DO! We walked to campus, and I just knew and it got very exciting! We walked to the spot where we had had our first lunch together which was the first time we ever spent any real time together. After he waited for some random skateboarders to pass he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I SAID YES! I had been longing for that day for so long and was so humbled and excited that it had finally come!!!! It was the best night!"
Joshua: "I proposed on November 13, 2020. Our first date was at Steak and Shake in the Melton Student Center on Auburn’s campus. For our proposal, I wanted it to be somewhere meaningful, so we walked from her apartment (just off campus) to the space next to the student center. I asked her where it was that we had our first date, and she realized what was going on. I got down on one knee and she agreed to marry me."
What are some things you like to do together?
Peri Lane: "We love to play tennis, watch The Duggars and go to Target together. For me anytime with Joshua is 10000000000000x more fun and amazing, so I always long for time with him and want to be with him every second!!"
Joshua: "We love watching awful TV shows and laughing at the people on them (American Idol, Bachelor/ette, cooking shows). She has been teaching me how to play tennis, and we have a blast doing that together-- even if she’s still making up new rules. We love going to eat at our favorite restaurants in Auburn, Acre, if we’re feeling fancy or Tacorita if we want some queso."
Peri Lane-- describe Joshua in three words:
Peri Lane: "Joshua is charming, funny and thoughtful."
Joshua-- describe Peri Lane in three words:
"Peri Lane is dependable, beautiful and thoughtful."
