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I hear wedding bells

Alyxandria Rose Klein

and

Tyler Richard Schmelzer

Portage

WI

June 27

2026

The Engagement

On a Sunday in May, Tyler and Aly spent the day grilling out with her parents. Unbeknownst to Aly, Tyler had slipped away and asked her father, Ken, for her hand in marriage. Sunday turned to Monday, and Tyler asked Aly to join him for a tractor ride, a date the two frequently enjoy. Aly, feeling a little behind on work, suggested they postpone their date. Tyler told her there might not be another chance to ride with him in his favorite tractor! Aly agreed, and she set out to join him. She had a fleeting thought as she drove, "What if he just proposed tonight?" but she brushed it off as just that, a fleeting thought. Upon arriving, things seemed normal, until Tyler told her to *not* change out of her pink dress into comfortable clothes. She fussed a little, confused, but she dismissed it and continued on towards the tractor. Tyler had recently purchased a drone and had been taking a lot of videos of spring planting. He got out of the tractor and started to set up the drone and—Aly, still not suspecting—started taking video. Aly began to walk towards the tractor and, noticing Tyler wasn't following her, turned around to tell him to hurry up! As she turned around, she found Tyler on one knee. The two laughed and hopped in joy, as Aly responded with an everlasting "yes!" The rest of the evening they spent in the tractor, calling friends and family and looking at each other with wide eyes, remarking, "Can you believe it!"