In quite the modern-day romance, we met on a dating app, Bumble. It took many stars to cross to have our locations match up as our dating radii were only within 25 miles of where we were located. Jamie was living in Milwaukee at the time while Ashley was living near Midway Airport in Chicago. Jamie happened to be in the area to provide support during his Dad's knee replacement while Ashley was working nearby providing physical therapy to so many knee replacement patients. Our first date was a random Wednesday night in December in LaGrange, IL. After spending hours talking (and worrying Michelle & Cindy that Ashley was kidnapped LOL) we knew immediately that we had found something special. We squeezed a subsequent 3 late-night dates (after Madelyn's bedtime) into the next week and couldn't wait to see each other again and again! (Thanks Michelle for babysitting!) ...and the rest is history

The day of the proposal included me (Madelyn), Jamie, my mom, Cindy, Michelle, Unk, Kimmy and Jessica. We went to New Buffalo, Michigan for the day to celebrate my mom's birthday. Jamie wanted to propose at the beach with a very nice sunset but that didn't go as planned....... We drove to the beach and it was raining there but we still walked down to the water anyway. We went pretty far all the way by the water and my mom and Jamie held hands and looked at the lake and then she turned and saw Jamie on one knee. Then Jamie said I can't imagine my life without you and will you marry me?? My mom started saying repeatedly no way this isn't real! And threw her shoes to the ground. And my mom and Jamie started crying and so did I. Then I went up to them and we hugged each other. Then we all walked back and went to the car because right before that we went to St. Julian's Winery and got champagne. So as we got to the car Unk popped champagne and I got some in my mouth. P.S the champagne tasted HORRIBLE! Then we all took pictures. And Jamie gave me a necklace with 3 hearts; the middle for me and the ones on the outside are my mom and Jamie. And then we all went back in the Pilot and drove home.