Our first "official" meeting was during a trip to TopGolf with my friends from grad school and a group of guys my friend knew from college. Tyler and I barely spoke during this outing but we thought nothing of it. Fast forward another month and we found ourselves together again during a night out with the same group of people and we immediately clicked. That one night led to our first date, then another, and another. We've been together ever since!

It all started with a girls trip to Chicago.... After months of planning my friends and I finally booked a Memorial Day vacation to visit our two friends in Chicago (our first trip with the entire group!). Our Saturday plans started with a brunch, of course, followed by hopping around to different bars and restaurants in downtown Chicago. While strolling down a bridge over the river, I noticed my friends had stopped walking behind me and when I looked ahead there was Tyler standing at the end of the bridge. I was shocked and confused and immediately burst into tears knowing what was about to happen. As we got closer, Tyler wrapped me in a hug then got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of our lives together. My answer was of course a teary and enthusiastic "yes!" But this wasn't the only surprise. Tyler had flown both of our families out to be there for the proposal! After many hugs and pictures (from the amazing photographer Tyler hired) we celebrated with champagne. But again, this was not the last surprise. The group of us arrived at a restaurant for dinner that evening and as we walked to the back room there were all of our friends from Omaha, Kansas City, and St. Louis ready to celebrate. Tyler and I had the most amazing first night of the rest of our lives surrounded by the people we love.