We met through a mutual friend, Jack. He introduced us at a show choir competition during our freshman year of high school. From then started a friendship full of laughs and nothing but happy memories made each time we saw each other. After high school and most of college had gone by (for Conner at least) we reconnected again (with Jack and Nikki of course) and ended up staying up and talking until about 3 in the morning. Needless to say the rest is history!

Being with Maranda as long as I had, I knew I wanted to ask her to marry me, but I didn't want her to know when. She has this magical power that allows her to figure out every surprise or secret that I tried to keep from her, so it took a lot of extra thought and planning. At the time, she was working as a massage therapist at Regional Medical Center and while she was at work, I drove to her parents house and asked for their blessing to ask Maranda to marry me. Given the fact that this website even exists, they said yes. I already had a ring and just needed to figure out the when, because I already knew the where. My mom and dad told me the day didn't need to be anything specific unless it was that important to me. Well, waiting for an anniversary was out of the question, I would have had to wait too long. So, September 1st it was. We went out to eat at Olive Garden and went down to walk on the river walk (her favorite place to walk). I couldn't decide where on the riverwalk was the best place to pop the question was, I just knew I didn't want to ask where everyone else does. So naturally, while we were standing on the flood stairs as close to the water as we could, I got down on one knee and asked Maranda if she would be my wife. She laughed, she cried, she almost threw up, and then she said yes.