Winter Garden Magazine February 2016 - Daniel & Mindy Hungerford | Page 15

Justin is a true romantic and Prince Charming. He stopped at nothing to pursue my
heart in the sweetest, most intentional, and
most gentlemanly way. He took great care
in planning extremely thoughtful dates from
picnics to boat rides to scavenger hunts to
firework viewing. Every time we went on a
date he brought me something-- be it chocolate, notes, or wildflowers. He would surprise
me at work with little gifts or secretly send me
letters through other cast members. It didn’t
take long for us to know we had finally found
that person God had for us, and we wanted
to spend the rest of our lives together.

first time we saw each other, Justin
did a double-take and I thought to
myself, “wow- he is really cute!” Immediately our nerves started taking
off, and we were a smiling and giggling mess. During the show, Justin
picks me up and spins me around,
and he was so nervous he stumbled
and almost fell! It took a while for
him to get over that embarrassment,
but I thought it was very endearing.
We were able to have a few short
conversations between shows and I
knew immediately there was something really special about this guy. I
never before believed in love at first
sight, but it definitely seemed like
that is what we experienced. In fact,
I was so confident about it, I went
out to dinner with my best friend
that evening and told her “I met my
husband today.”

One early morning, Justin took me on a
surprise adventure-- a hot air balloon ride. It
was a gorgeous morning and so early that
we saw the most beautiful sunrise. I thought
to myself, “this would be a great time for
Justin to propose!” However, as we were
nearing the end of our balloon ride and it
hadn’t happened yet, I completely dismissed
the thought. At that time, Justin hands me
some binoculars he had brought along and
says-- “what’s that in the field over there?” I
took the binoculars and that is when I saw all
of my best friends holding a giant banner that
read “Holli, will you forever be my always?” I
couldn’t believe it really was happening after
all! Justin gets down on one knee right there
in the basket of the hot air balloon, holds out
the most gorgeous ring I’ve ever seen, and
asks me to be his wife. It wasn’t hard for me
to yell YES!
Three months ago was our wedding day,
which also happened to be the one year
anniversary of the day we met. It was a
whirlwind year but we knew we had finally
been given the desire of our hearts with each
other.

I mentioned briefly that we made “unity chocolate milk” during our wedding
ceremony. We didn’t really love the
idea of candles or sand, so we decided to come up with something a little
different that symbolized us very wellchocolate milk. He poured the milk, I
poured the chocolate, and we stirred it
together with a spoon that represented
God intertwining our lives together,
never to be separated. Then we drank
it out of silly straws :)