CRESTVIEW — Alycia Berry and Joshua Day met through mutual friends.
"I thought he was really goofy at first," Alycia, a Crestview High School graduate, said. "(But) Joshua was extremely persistent."
Joshua, a Laurel Hill School graduate, proposed to Berry on the Fourth of July.
"He made me believe we were going to take family pictures on the beach!" Berry said.
And she said yes. The couple will be married Aug. 30 at the Crestview Community Center.
Alycia graduated from Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, with a bachelor's degree in project management. She works at Okaloosa County Teachers Federal Credit Union.
Joshua earned marine tech certifications from Okaloosa Applied Technology Center in Fort Walton Beach, and works at Indyne.
Alycia's parents are Roger and Rhonda Berry of Crestview. Joshua's parents are Keith and Angie Day, also of Crestview.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: SPECIAL OCCASIONS: Berry, Day to wed Saturday