- family
- May 13, 2019
Preschool sweethearts wed, recreate 'first date'
A newlywed couple who have known each other since they were in preschool were able to recreate a photo from their "first date" thanks to the groom's mom. Austin Tatman and Natalie Crowe Tatman met as 4-year-olds in pre-K in Ocala, Florida. They instantly connected. But when she was 5, Natalie's family moved to Connecticut. Years later, Natalie was looking through an address book of her mom's and found the name of Austin's family. Now teens, Natalie found Austin on Facebook and a romance was born. The couple, now both 24, were married on April 13, 2019 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. "During the wedding planning process, Austin and I had made a trip up to his parents’ house and we were trying to find images that we could display at the wedding to show our story," Natalie told "Good Morning America." "As we shuffled through his mom’s scrapbook collection from the 90’s, we found an entire section dedicated to our friendship. On one page, the photo of us in the red Jeep had a text box...