We both grew up living in the same small town of Morris, IL. In fact, we’ve always lived 2 miles away from each other and never even knew it! Richie is a few years older, so we never ran in the same circles, but we had an idea of who the other one was. One day, we both were scrolling on a dating app and stumbled across each other and decided to take a chance hoping it would be a match! We met up for drinks at a local bar, had the best time and became amazing friends. We were scared to date at first considering we became such good friends. About 9 months later, we threw caution to the wind realizing we were in love with each other and the rest is history!

After multiple trips throughout the 2020 year were changed, postponed or canceled, we decided to take a beautiful vacation to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Richie scheduled us for a “complimentary photo shoot on the beach” because he was so excited that it came with our all-inclusive guest package and we had never gotten professional photos taken before! Little did I know, it was all part of the plan to get me all dressed up on the beach! Richie seemed a little nervous when the photographer showed up late, in fear we would miss the sunset. I didn’t understand and told him to relax and that we were not in a rush. The photographer finally made his way to the beach about 15 minutes before sunset, and he started taking some photos of us. Richie suspiciously walked away for a moment as the photographer said he wanted to take some solo shots of me looking out into the ocean. When I turned back around, Richie was standing in front of me. As he took my hands and spoke a few words, I thought he was simply making a toast to an amazing vacation...... then he got down on one knee! I was overwhelmingly happy and surprised! The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and it felt so surreal to be standing on the beach in Jamaica engaged! We are so excited to celebrate this next chapter of our lives with you!