Towards the end of the crazy year that was 2020, James and Courtney drove up to Chicago, despite the city’s high COVID restrictions, for a small company Christmas gathering with James’ work family. On the drive there, they got a call that there was a COVID exposure and they wouldn’t be able to get together after all. Though this threw a huge wrench in their plans, James and Courtney decided to make the best of it and enjoy two days away in the Windy City. On their second night in the city, James and Courtney went to meet up with a friend who lives in the city, Anne and her boyfriend, Nick, in Millennium Park. It was there in front of the big Christmas tree in the middle of the park that James got down on one knee and asked Courtney to marry him and she said yes! It is a night they will never forget and Christmas time in Chicago will always be a special time and place in their hearts.