Melanie and Braden met their freshman year when Melanie was hanging out with friends and ran into Braden sitting on a futon playing his ukulele. They would then continue to run into each other in the dorms and eat in the dining hall together after Melanie and Braden's roommate Phil (also his best man) would get done with differential equations class. Mel and Braden remained friends who would say hi to each other occasionally but nothing more than that. Fast forward to senior year, Braden made the trek to Michigan Tech for Career Fair with the company he was doing his co-op with at the time. Melanie was enjoying her senior year and hung out at Braden's college house with his roommates Phil, Justin and Kyle during Career Fair week. One of Melanie's favorite memories of this is when Braden and Phil would make their classic breakfast skillet and Melanie would crash breakfast with the roommates because the skillet was THAT GOOD. As Melanie's senior year went on and Braden went back to his co-op, they started to talk more often and realized there could be something more to their friendship. They both started to explore this long distance and eventually, "short" distance when Melanie received a job offer in Waukesha, WI! From eight hours to two hours, they got to visit each other more often and spend more time together. After a surprise proposal from Braden when Melanie least expected it, they are now journeying towards marriage and can't wait to have you join them as they celebrate this new chapter of life!