[name_f]Dixie[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f] [name_u]Avery[/name_u] (28) is the fiancée of [name_u]Brett[/name_u] [name_u]Shay[/name_u], who’s also friends with [name_u]Skyler[/name_u]. She’s a surfer who’s training to hopefully represent [name_u]New[/name_u] [name_u]Zealand[/name_u] in the Olympics- that’s her dream, and it always has been ever since she was three years old. She’s met [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] and [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] [name_u]Greer[/name_u] and adores both of them, hoping to have a large family with [name_u]Brett[/name_u] someday. She already has children of her own, a 9-year-old girl who is a big sister figure to [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] and [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] and will often do makeovers with the two, and a 6-year-old boy who has ASD- he’s a very smart little boy who’s good friends with [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] and even has the cutest little crush on her. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] has an Instagram page which is growing in popularity- it’s mostly a fitness and well-being page though she does love to show cute pictures of her kids and some awesome surfing moves. She tries not to promote diet culture- especially because she suffered with a mild eating disorder. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] went from being a bright,happy, healthy and cheerful little girl to a teenager obsessed with a number on a scale. She’d consume 300 calories a day and stopped when she had a heart attack at the age of 15. Now, she’s back to being her normal happy healthy self.
Dixie’s kids have different fathers. Her daughter was the result of a relationship with a boyfriend that only lasted three months. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] and her boyfriend were young and stupid, and have separated, but the two are still good friends and enjoy talking and both live their daughter dearly. Dixie’s son, however, was the result of a previous marriage with a man who had a crush on her since kindergarten, and was always her best friend- the two got married when [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] was 21 and had their son 9 months later. When he was diagnosed with ASD, the two were a bit startled and shocked but loved him regardless, and vowed to make sure he had the highest quality of life possible. They were a happy family…until her poor husband was diagnosed with leukemia. It had spread, and there was no curing it. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] tried to hold it together for him when he was given six months to live. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] sat with him every waking moment in the hospital, trying to make the best of an awful situation. As he died, he stammered slowly with a blank look in his eyes, “I love you, [name_f]Dixie[/name_f], I’m not ready to die yet, we have too much we haven’t done…” [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] told him she’d always love him as he closed his eyes. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] visits his grave every day, and brings a bouquet of lilacs- lilacs were his favorite.
[name_f]Dixie[/name_f] felt a bit guilty when she started pursuing a relationship with [name_u]Brett[/name_u] as she worried her children (especially her son, who was close with his father) wouldn’t take it well- but, contrarily, they loved [name_u]Brett[/name_u]. The reason [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] and [name_u]Brett[/name_u] met was because Dixie’s oldest was on Brett’s soccer team. That’s also how she met [name_u]Skyler[/name_u]. Dixie’s excited to get married to [name_u]Brett[/name_u]- something she hasn’t told [name_u]Brett[/name_u] yet is that she’s taken a positive pregnancy test and is pretty sure she’s pregnant. [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] has always wanted 4 kids, and she’s so excited that she’s possibly three (or maybe four) fourths of the way there! She’s planning on telling [name_u]Brett[/name_u] soon, she’s already told [name_u]Skyler[/name_u] and [name_f]Taryn[/name_f] about it- [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] likes [name_f]Taryn[/name_f], and thinks she’s a sweet person, considering her son is in Taryn’s kindergarten class! [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] admires Taryn’s strong, gentle personality and likes the no-bullying rule- she was actually worried her son would get bullied for his disability and different way of doing things but so far that hasn’t happened and she’s eternally grateful to [name_f]Taryn[/name_f] for this. Dixie’s happy with her Instagram popularity, surfing skill, two beautiful children and wonderful fiancée, who she plans to spend the rest of her life with.