Brandon and I were in the same wedding together. The week before the wedding the bride set us up on a blind double date together, however he didn't know that it was a blind date until he sat down at dinner.

After our initial meeting Brandon went back to school in Florida and Leslie moved home to Oklahoma. After staying virtually connected we had our first official date at the truck race at Daytona Speedway. We kept in touch and met when we could. After Brandon graduated he moved to Iowa for his career and asked Leslie to join him. Leslie went and together we built our lives together. We enjoy biking on the trails of Iowa, apple picking, playing with our dog, Shakita, travelling, and doing small projects around the house together.

Brandon planned a fabulous trip to Japan for us in the spring of 2017. We were having a great time! On March 30, 2017 we went to Miyajima, Deer, Island, to see the largest Tori gate still standing closest to the Hiroshima. At sunset on the beach Brandon proposed. Leslie had no idea and was even questioning while we had stopped in this somewhat random spot and left our friends behind. It was wonderful and afterwords we ate shrimp.