We met at UW Stout when we were both working in the Recreation Center. Alex was heading outside to turn the stadium lights off when we crossed paths. It was the end of November in northern Wisconsin and he was going outside in a t-shirt (surprisingly not a safety yellow one), I thought "this guy is going to freeze" so I gave him my scarf and mittens to borrow. He returned them to the office desk with a sweet little note. About a week later we went on our first date where we talked and laughed for nearly 5 hours! We decided to make it official about a month later.

We were on our vacation in Breckenridge, Colorado where we spent our first full day on a nice winter hike with our friends. They offered to take a picture of us by a lovely bridge (they were in on the plan!) so we stopped for a picture together. Alex pulled the hat he had given me earlier that morning, as as gift, over my eyes and told me to stand still. Then he handed me a scarf and a sweet note that matched the one he gave me when we first met. I turned around to find him down on one knee and the rest is history!