It started where our careers started, Penn State! Aaron was a senior in Managing and Marketing, Business, and Tory was a sophomore studying Biology that would later turn into Animal Science at Penn State University Park. It just so happened we had the same friend group. No one set us up it just kind of happened. Between classes, the back of the library was the place to hangout. Our group of friends had a table that we would all rotate in and out of as classes started and ended, and so would we. Aaron introduced himself to Tory first and then preceded to talk about cars with the group at the table. As the fall semester turned into winter, Aaron was president of the Berks Ski and Snowboard Club, and he asked Tory to be secretary because the current one dropped out of the position. Between the late night studying, food runs, and hanging around campus we got pretty close. Our first date was to Bear Creek mountain to go snowboarding.

It. Was. Magical. Tory was waitressing New Years Eve 2018 before going to her parents house that night for a little party. Aaron’s parents, Tory’s parents, aunt and uncle, along with her sister Anna and Drew (Anna’s boyfriend) were in the house waiting for the New Years ball to drop. At around 10:30pm, Tory was enticed to go out to the horse barn (temperature was 0 degrees) to see kittens (that didn’t exist). Opening the sliding door, she found Aaron with strung lights, roses, pictures, and of course the horses sticking their heads out of their stalls into the aisle. With everyone’s eyes on Tory she walked down the rose petal path to Aaron. As Aaron got down on one knee, Tory’s horse nudged her forward, closer to Aaron. Of course she said YES! Special thanks to Anna, Drew, John and Kim for making this happen.