We first met Freshman year of college at Purdue with the help of our mutual friend, Elizabeth Sigler. She knew we would be good for each other so asked us both to play on the same intramural sand volleyball team first semester. We started hanging out as friends during our first semester and realized we really liked each other and had a lot in common so we made things official that January. We went through college together at Purdue with one of our favorite activities together was going to Purdue sporting events ESPECIALLY Purdue basketball.

Ben wanted to make the 4th of July a fun date night for us. Although 2020 was a socially distanced year, we still tried to explore our new area of Dallas-Fort Worth Texas so we decided to make the most of the holiday weekend. For our date night we went to a new Mexican restaurant nearby then later went to Grapevine Lake to watch their firework show. We enjoyed a wine and dessert picnic while watching fireworks and after the finale Ben got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and of course I said YES!