On December 1st, 2017, Alex and Stephanie went on their first date with dinner at The Patio restaurant and drinks to follow. Alex must have thought things were going well because he had asked her on another date only half way through the first one! From that moment, they knew this was something special. Fast forward to July of 2019 when Stephanie read a news story that The Patio restaurant would be closing at the end of the year. She texted Alex to share the news and mentioned that they should try to recreate their first date sometime in the next couple of months before it closed for good. He soon texted back “How about Friday?” He already had something up his sleeve! Friday, July 12th rolls around and Alex and Stephanie go on their dinner date as planned. It was a gorgeous evening and Stephanie kept asking what they would be doing after dinner. He replied, “I think I have an idea, but we’ll have to go for a little bit of a drive.” As they began driving north, she assumed they were going to check one of his fields in Mendon, however when he drove past the turn, she ruled that out. They kept driving until they entered Bowen and at this point, she was starting to get annoyed that he wouldn’t tell her where they were going. After a quick pit stop at the Bowen Jiffi Stop, he drove towards another field, which was the first farm he had purchased a few years ago. Knowing that he had recently fertilized that field, Stephanie asked how the corn was looking and as Alex pulled up, he said “well let’s go take a look!”. Wearing heels and a nice outfit for dinner, she wasn’t quite in the proper attire to walk a corn field, but after Alex convinced her to get out of the truck, she saw her sister, Erica, walking toward them with a camera and she knew what was happening! With a gorgeous sunset in the background, she said “YES!”