NATURAL BEAUTY gentry + timothy est. March 4, 2017
"'I DIDN’T REALLY CATCH ON UNTIL WE STARTED WALKING THROUGH THE PARK AND HE REACHES OUT AND GRABS MY HAND AND I’M GETTING ALL THE VIBES,' SHE LAUGHS."
written by Megan Hemmelgarn If it wasn’t for a group of college co-eds, Gentry
2016, the moment that Timothy decided he wanted
and Timothy may have passed each other by on the
to ask Gentry to be his forever. Timothy knew he
University of Texas campus. A small study group
wanted to propose in the Texas Hill Country near
turned into love at first sight, at least for freshman
Gentry’s family’s ranch in San Saba, he just had to
Timothy Wilson. He fell for Gentry Railsback in the
convince Gentry to invite him there. “My plan was to
fall of 2012 and the conversation came easy, but
get Gentry to invite me out to her ranch, which I kind
she shot him down when he asked her out. Gentry
of orchestrated with her mom,” he reminisced. “I
says she was trying to focus on her new college
had her mom invite Gentry out to the ranch for some
journey. “I met Tim and I was intrigued and we had
family pictures. Gentry actually invited me to her
a sparks flying type of conversation, but I think I
own engagement which is pretty funny.” Timothy
was overwhelmed being at UT and a lot of stuff was
suggested stopping at the couple’s favorite area
going on,” she remembers. “Whenever it came down
park before meeting at the ranch. When Gentry saw
to it, we just didn’t get to know each other super
him grab his bible, things started to click. “I didn’t
well until that next spring.” The pair spent more time
really catch on until we started walking through the
together at a YoungLife trip that following spring
park and he reaches out and grabs my hand and
and became inseparable come winter.
I’m getting all the vibes,” she laughs. “I thought,
Fast forward to just before their graduation in
photography
‘Okay, something is going to happen.’” The park was
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