Our love story began in Harmony, MN; I was 8 and Mitch was 7. Mitch’s family and my Grandma were neighbors. Holidays and family weekends were always spent at Grandma’s house. One weekend when I was down visiting, my grandma brought me over to the Johnson’s to introduce me to “the neighbor kids” which would be Mitch and his sister, Kinz. Weekends spent in Harmony quickly turned into weekends spent “playing” with Mitch and Kinz. Well, more so playing with Kinz and continuously laughing at Mitch. Turns out I had a secret crush on her 4-eyed, buck tooth, brother ;) We made many memories over the years. Harmony soon became my home away from home. As we grew older, our lives became busier and Harmony visits became less frequent. Fast forward to 2008, I’m 16 and Mitch is 15. Thank God for Facebook because, remember that funny, cute boy I had a crush on? Well, I received a friend request from him one day. We started catching up and phone numbers were eventually exchanged. After a few months of talking and laughing about old memories it was time to make a visit to Harmony. In short, this one-time visit became an every weekend visit. I thought I had a crush on him back then..well dang I REALLY had a crush on him now. We continued talking and hanging out and being the super romantic person that Mitch is, he asked me to be his girlfriend by sending me a relationship request on Facebook. Yes, I know, super special. Our relationship was very different to your average relationship. With me living in the cities, and Mitch living in Harmony, our dating days were not easy to say the least. We were both in High School and sports so it was mostly long distance. But we made it work. The rest is history. 10 years worth of memories later, Mitch (finally) popped the question on a beautiful, Fall day by the lake. Thank you, Grandma. On that day, she had introduced me to my best friend and my Fiancé. It’s crazy how life works. We can’t wait for this exciting new chapter to begin!