Anna and Wes met in their early twenties through mutual friends. Wes had just moved home after graduating fron Wyotech Daytona in Orlando Beach, Florida. Anna had just transferred to UW Madison to finish her Bachelor's degree. Anna and Wes remained friends for the next 3 years. Things changed when Anna was living in Evansville and Wes started working two jobs, one that was 5 days a week two hours north in Necedah. Wes would come home to work his other job in Rockford one day a week, and would stop to have dinner at Anna's apartment on his way home. Their first date was unofficial for both of them. Wes had the opportunity to go to a trade show with dinner and an open bar in Milwaukee for work and could bring a guest. Wes told his boss that Anna was his girlfriend so that he could bring her, and he didn't tell Anna that until they were on their way to the conference. Anna agreed to the plan, and Wes took her to an exotic petting zoo on a date before the conference. After the conference, they both realized they were happy with the idea of being a couple. Two years later Anna went with Wes to another work conference in Washington DC. They went sightseeing after the conference and Wes proposed to Anna in front of the reflecting pool with a gorgeous view of the Washington monument on April 20th, 2018.