They say when you know, you know. Apparently.... he knew and then patiently waited 10 years! We met in the summer of 2015. Montana likes to tell everyone we met at the zoo.. but we actually met on tinder! (he doesn't want me to go into the details of that season in his life) So we will just stick with the zoo. Montana and I met at such a bitter sweet moment in our life's. Just two young adults trying to figure it all out and when life already had us in full "parent mode". Both Mace and Bekk were two years old when we started dating, which means our love story began with sippy cups, bedtime routines, and toddler chaos. Nothing says romance like Goldfish crumbs and cartoons in the background. Some how in the middle of the beautiful messy season, we chose each other. In 2016 we found out we were expecting Maxx, and in 2017 our family grew by one more cute and VERY LOUD blessing. From that moment on, we weren't just building a relationship we were building a life. In 2018, we bought our first home! It wasn't just walls and a roof, it was late night talks, learning how to navigate adulthood side by side, and figuring out how to blend love, parenting, and partnership all at once. If you know Montana and I on a very personal level you know that he is very type A and I am very type B. He loves organization, excel spreadsheets, color coding, things to flow perfectly and his favorite thing to say is "if your not 10 min's early your late!" I am very much the opposite in my own way. I love going with the flow, don't mind the organized chaos, I in fact don't use excel. Instead I use pen and paper. (I have a million and one notes), I am ok being a little late, and my favorite thing to say is " if it's meant to be it will work out!". So you can probably sum up our first several years and the amount of trial and error we had just even coming to common ground with our different personality's. Yet we still chose to keep pushing forward. We weren't perfect (shocking, we know) but we were committed to growing! By 2021, we moved into a new home. A fresh chapter filled with more maturity . deeper understanding, and a whole lot more patience. Over the years, we've learned that love isn't just butterflies. It's choosing each other on the hard day's, it's growing up together, it's forgiveness, it's laughter, it's building something steady and safe for our kids. And then in 2025, on our 10 year anniversary he FINALLY made it official! (Only took him a whole decade. But who's counting?) The truth is, our story isn't perfect or polished. It's real, it's layered, it's full of lessons, resilience, and a lot of love. We started as two young parents trying to figure it out, and we're standing here today as partners who've built a home, a family, and a foundation thats stronger than ever. This isn't just the start to our forever. It's a celebration of everything we've already survived, and built. Our kids are growing up, maturing and don't need us in the same way anymore. This next season of life is for US. And now.... we can't wait to say "I DO!"