{"id":6500,"date":"2024-03-11T15:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:50:34","slug":"brock-purdy-marries-college-sweetheart-jenna-brandt-best-day-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2024\/03\/brock-purdy-marries-college-sweetheart-jenna-brandt-best-day-of-our-lives.html","title":{"rendered":"Brock Purdy Marries College Sweetheart Jenna Brandt: &#8216;Best day of our lives&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6512\" style=\"width: 667px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6512\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2024\/03\/brock-purdy-credit-instagram.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"553\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brock Purdy \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, 24, tied the knot with his college sweetheart Jenna Brandt in Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend. Jenna shared a series of beautiful wedding photos to her Instagram with the caption, &#8220;Best day of our lives? 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They announced the news of their engagement to their Instagram accounts, sharing photos of the proposal which took place on a dock in St. Cloud, Florida. &#8220;My Jenna girl forever. I can\u2019t wait to be your husband,&#8221; Purdy captioned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuMtwaxO5lK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">his post<\/a>. &#8220;Here\u2019s to forever babe. I love you JB!&#8221; In her caption, Jenna said &#8220;We get to do life together\u2026forever! Brock Purdy \u2014 I love everything about you \u2026 more than any words can say.&#8221; Weeks later, Jenna shared a series of photos from their engagement photoshoot where they posed on the beach. She captioned the post, \u00a0&#8220;I get to love you forever. Purdy excited to get a new last name ?.&#8221; In January, Jenna took to her Instagram to share a series of photos of her bachelorette weekend in Telluride, Colorado. She captioned her post, \u00a0&#8220;Snowwwwww in love w\/ @brock.purdy13,&#8221; alongside photos of herself and her friends hot-tubbing and enjoyed their girls weekend. \u201cBest friends in the best spot for the best weekend,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, 24, tied the knot with his college sweetheart Jenna Brandt in Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend. Jenna shared a series of beautiful wedding photos to her Instagram with the caption, &#8220;Best day of our lives? 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