We are a typical post Covid couple who met online. Shoutout Hinge. Though we met in Dayton, OH meeting each other instantly felt like having a piece of home in one another as we're both originally from the Southeast WI/Northern IL area.


We had our first date on July 12th 2022 and spent the next few weeks getting to know each other before making it official on Aug. 20th.


I joke that I knew Josh would be around for awhile when I went to an event with friends and got a little over served, so I called Josh to pick me up and not only did he come drive me home, but he brought me cheese curds and a Sprite. It didn't take him long to know the way to my heart. We've spent the last two years trying cheese curds everywhere we go when we see them on the menu.


Anyone who knows us knows we have LOTS of nieces and nephews between the two of us and they mean everything to us. For our first Christmas together, I went home with Josh and getting to see him be 'Uncle Josh' for the first time was when I knew this was going to be my person.


The next couple years we did a lot of traveling, survived our first deployment together, watched many many sporting events, turned Josh into a cat dad, engaged in quite a few wine tastings and just enjoyed our time together.


Come July of 2024, I was on a girls trip with friends and Josh was up North in Eagle River with his family. The plan was for me to meet him up there after my girls trip and spend the week on the water. Little did I know he was waiting to propose that week.


What should have been a 4 hour flight to get up there, turned into a 48hr. journey. My first flight was delayed and would have resulted in me missing my connection, so they rebooked me and I got to the connection, but then that flight was cancelled. I finally got to Chicago and had to get on a train up to Milwaukee. The plan was to take a bus from Milwaukee up to Northern WI, where Josh would come pick me up. Well the bus got cancelled, so I was stuck in Milwaukee. Thankfully I am from there and my Uncle Pete came to save the day, he picked me up and started driving me north as Josh started driving south. We met in the middle and four hours later, and two days delayed, I was in Eagle River. One hour after being there, we were engaged! I guess I took so long to get there, he couldn't wait any longer. He proposed on the dock at his dad's lake house and it was absolutely beautiful.


We can't wait to start the next chapter of our lives with all of our favorite people. July 2025 can't come soon enough, LET'S PARTY!!!