Our story begins how most great love stories begin... with a night out in Aggieville. We met sometime between 2014 and 2015 through mutual friends in college. Our first photo together was taken on Brock's birthday in 2015, so we'll go with that. Obviously the photo was taken at our favorite bar in Aggieville, Johnny Kaws, because where else would we be on a Thursday night in Manhattan, KS?? (I checked - it was, in fact, a Thursday night.) And it was on this night, and in this bar, that we shared our first kiss! I'd love to say it was happily ever after from there, but unfortunately a kiss in Aggieville does not warrant a diamond ring. Throughout college, we hung out a few times, both in groups of friends, and on our own. There was definitely a mutual attraction, but nothing serious ever came of it. We were both WAY too focused on our studies. After college, we didn't see much of each other, and we went our separate ways. I got a big girl job and an apartment in Kansas City, and Brock stayed in school for another year, claiming that someone needed to keep Aggieville running. Fast forward to the summer of 2018 when both of us were out of college, living in KC, and newly single. We ran into each other at a friend's birthday party (S/O Tyler and Bridgette Johnston - avid advocates of Brock and I getting together). We hung around each other quite a bit that night, playing games and catching up. We didn't speak much after that night, but we each definitely wondered what the other was up to. On my birthday that year in September, Brock texted me to wish me a happy birthday, and also asked if he could take me out sometime soon to celebrate. I said "Sure, why not?!" ... Little did I know "sometime soon" would end up being 8 months later. If you know Brock, you know this is pretty much par for the course. At this point I had ALMOST forgotten about him... but then a couple days after his birthday in May of 2019 (side note: I never realized how much birthdays played a part in our relationship), I received a video of the cutest little chocolate lab I'd ever seen. Attention grabbed! I asked what her name was, and he said "Her name is Lakin. Do you want to meet her tonight?" And I said "Uhh yes please!" And that's how he tricked me into our first official date. Just kidding, but Lakin and I got along very well, and this time Brock and I stuck like glue. We fell in love quickly, and never looked back! Since then, Lakin has given birth to a litter of 10 puppies, and from that litter, we got our sweet Latte Lou! In our four years together, we have lived in 3 cities, 2 states, experienced long distance, watched our Chiefs win the Super Bowl one year, completely blow it the next, and then watched them win AGAIN!!! We've cheered on our Wildcats (and definitely not the Jayhawks), enjoyed lots of concerts and lake weekends, done lots of traveling, and all of our adventures have been accompanied by lots of laughter, love and wine. We are so excited for you to be a part of our favorite day as we make it official and say yes to forever! We love you!! Love,