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Juli and Austins vows still bring me to tears, even after reviewing their videos multiple times. Even their proposal story (in the brides own words) move me:

In March of 2019, Juli and Austin made a trip to Mammoth Mountain with Juli’s mother Elisa, her brother Jonathan, and Jonathan’s girlfriend Paige. They stayed at Mammoth Mountain Inn at the bottom of the ski slopes, with a panoramic view of the mountain and a perfect sunrise coming through the front window of the A-frame lodge. Under a weak ruse, Austin snuck the ring in his pocket and asked Juli if she would like to join him on the front deck of the lodge to watch the sun rise. While taking in a perfect, crisp mountain sunrise on the completely silent mountain and fumbling around in his pocket for what felt like an eternity, Austin dropped to one knee and quite poetically found himself at a complete lack of words while choking through nerves and tears. After a painfully long wait, Juli gave him the ‘Yes’ of which he had dreamed for such a long time. They celebrated over breakfast and a perfect weekend of skiing.

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Austin and Juli were nearly a story of missed connections. They first met during a bike ride in the summer of 2017, having been introduced by their mutual friend Katie Rollins. Austin made the blindingly dumb decision not to ask for her number on the spot and the two went their separate ways.