Trisha Stouder’s ivory wedding dress has been altered over and over to fit her 3-foot-tall frame. It’s been tucked and hemmed and will be draped over her wheelchair just the way Stouder desires before her father walks her down the aisle on June 18.

She’s excited to check off another goal on her list, and she’s excited to marry the man she fell in love with three years ago.

Her fiance, Michael Taylor, could do without all the pomp and ceremony. But he knows how important it is to his future wife.

“It’s a big dream of hers. She has a checklist in life to graduate, to get married,” Taylor said. “I’m not a traditional person. When I proposed, that was a big leap. But I couldn’t imagine being with anyone else.”

The two 21-year-olds met when Stouder was attending the College of Southern Idaho and, after three months of “hanging out,” the couple started dating. He was attracted to her sense of humor, and she liked how different he was from other boys she knew.

Now, Taylor does housework and physical labor. Stouder is in charge of bills and organization. It works and they love it.