Amy and Hunter Amy Osborne to Hunter Mustain
September 29, 2012 Garrison Gardens - Texarkana, AR How They Met... Hunter and Amy met when Hunter’s parents built a house next door to Amy’s parents’ house. Amy was 15 at the time and Hunter was 14. When Amy turned 16, Hunter asked if he could ride to school with her in, since they both went to Arkansas High. It was then that the crushes started to develop, but nothing ever played out. It wasn’t until many years later, when Hunter and Amy were reunited by a comment on a Facebook picture, that the two were finally ready to do something about their long lost crushes. Hunter was still living in Texarkana, but Amy had moved away to College Station, Texas. After two years of talking back and forth on the phone, texting and really getting to know one another, Hunter and Amy knew they just had to be together. It was then that Amy knew it was time to move back home and be with the one her heart was longing for! Amy moved back to Texarkana in April of 2011, and Hunter and she became inseparable! Amy says, “Hunter and I are best friends! Everyone searches for their one true love, and God has blessed me with mine!”
The Proposal... The proposal happened November 5, 2011, which is also the week of Hunter’s birthday! Each day of his birthday week, Amy gave Hunter a gift leading up to that weekend when they were going to be in Fayetteville for the Razorback game. Some friends had invited the couple up to watch the game in a big 20-person suite for Hunters birthday; little did Amy know, a plan was already set! Amy remembers, “We did everything we usually do when we visit Chase and Catherine. Nothing was out of sorts. The game started like normal. It was against South Carolina, and we were winning! At half time, Hunter suggested taking a walk to stretch my legs out. We left the suite and walked around, and Hunter began telling me how much he loved me and how lucky he is. I did not think anything of this because he tells me those things everyday! It wasn’t until he stopped, got down on one knee, open the box and said, “How would you like to wear this for the rest of your life? Amy, will you marry me?” I was so shocked! I had absolutely no idea whatsoever! I cried and said, “yes,” and people around us cheered and clapped as they watched! It was perfect, and I will never forget it!”
The Wedding... The couple originally wanted to do a destination wedding, but when that did not work out, it was already late into the engagement, and Amy began to worry! When Amy and her mother began looking for wedding venues, they were not having any luck at all. However, as soon as Amy stepped foot onto the property Garrison Gardens, she knew that it was the perfect place! Amy says, “I was so overwhelmed by the Gardens’ natural beauty. There was only one weekend left, so we took it! There was a chance of rain on our wedding day, and I barely got any sleep because I was so worried about not being able to have the outside wedding like I wanted. When I woke up that morning, my matron of honor gave me a letter my groom had written me. It was the most beautiful letter I had ever received. That letter made me forget about everything and just enjoy the day. The rain held off long enough for us to have our wedding outside. Everyone says rain on your wedding day is good luck, and I believe it! Everything about our day was perfect, and I could not ask for anything better. We loved every minute! Hunter and I want to thank our parents and everyone involved for helping make our wedding day one to remember!”
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ALT Magazine
February 2013