Like any good St. Louis couple, our first date was on a warm October day at the Boathouse in Forest Park. We paddle boated past many well known landmarks and narrowly avoided hitting some nearby ducks. After Alex almost fell in the lake many times and Jordan sweat through her shorts, we moved to a local whiskey house. Jordan was horrified when Alex insisted that her drink contain egg whites and the rest was history.

Almost two years later, with much less sweat and risk of falling in the water, we returned to the same spot for some drinks with family and friends. As their first outing in the pandemic, Alex was unaware of what was about to happen. Jordan lured her out to the dock under the pretense of looking at the turtles and instead pulled out the ring but said nothing at all. Alex joyously accepted the silent proposal.