Beth Thomas and Toni Wells.Photo:Courtesy of Ashley Thomas
Courtesy of Ashley Thomas
After meeting in a newlywed class following their respective marriages, Rick and Toni Wells and Blake and Beth Thomas would do “everything together.”
Both couples went on to have three children each, who all grew up together with Ashley and Luke being born just four months apart.
Ashley and Luke as children.Courtesy of Ashley Thomas
“We have been raised together our entire lives and have treated each other like siblings since the beginning,” Ashley tells PEOPLE. “My mom said it perfectly the other day, ‘I didn’t just have 3 kids, I have 6 and I love each and every one of them.’ ”
After decades of a truly platonic relationship, which at times mimicked that of a bickering brother and sister who while being homeschooled together in middle school were “constantly fighting, wrestling, punching each other, yelling,” Ashley and Luke decided to explore their relationship romantically in college before tying the knot four years later.
Toni Wells holding Luke as a newborn.Courtesy of Ashley Thomas
Ashley has documented their relationship — and heartwarming origin story — onher TikTok accountin videos that have received millions of views.
“It was always you,” Ashley writes in the caption of the video in celebration of their fourth wedding anniversary.
Ashley and Luke Thomas with both sets of parents on their wedding day.Shannon Lee Miller Photography
Shannon Lee Miller Photography
“It’s funny because everyone we talk to, whether it’s people we run into or barely know, always say ‘we knew it when you didn’t’ but I think it’s [because] they all wished it would happen, like the ending of a good movie or book,” she says.
In December 2023, the couple learned that their family would be expanding — a moment Ashley says her mom and mother-in-law “have dreamed about for years,” per the caption to her now viral video that has been seen over 12 million times.
After opening the box, both women’s jaws drop in excitement before bringing it in for a big hug.
The Wells and Thomas families.Courtesy of Ashley Thomas
Along with the emotional footage from the day, Ashley also featured old images of her mom and mother-in-law including a shot of her mom holding Luke as a newborn while being pregnant with her.
“[My mother-in-law] and my mom had been waiting for this day since the moment we got together and have asked us when we wanted to start trying,” Ashley says of their reactions.
source: people.com
