Meeting at the hospital on April 20th 2016 was just the preface. Matthew was the cute lab tech that really had Chantel searching the Mayo employee name list that night... thank goodness for that ;) Both of us pursuing careers in Nursing called for many "study dates", that turned into meeting each others parents and well, now, GETTING MARRIED!! On 08/29/2020 we will begin writing our 'Chapter One' together and we cannot wait!

From the day we first exchanged “I love you,” I knew that you were the one. In some ways we are completely opposite, but in the best ways we are perfect for each other. I couldn’t have asked God for a better human than you. The day we got engaged was the most incredibly blissful, love-filled day I’ve ever experienced with a human. There were so many nerves to calm and questions to myself wondering if I deserve this woman? Will she say yes? We made it to Raspberry Island on a gorgeous March evening. I checked to make sure the ring stayed in my pants pocket probably every 30 seconds on the ride to St. Paul. We were surrounded by some of our closest friends and you looked heavenly in your MN Wild pullover with an innocent smile on your face. I got down on one knee and the rush of emotion hit me..I was finally doing it! I looked into your beautiful blue eyes welling up with tears and realized it didn’t matter what I said, because yours eyes were already telling me “YES!!!” before I said a word. I struggled to get out what I wanted to say without becoming a puddle. When you said “YES!!!” I was so surprised. But hearing you say it had me more excited than I’ve ever been. There is no better feeling than the realization settling into my thoughts of getting to marry my best friend, soulmate, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen or dreamed of.