Nate and Emily’s love story began in September of 2015 when they began hanging out because of mutual friends. Nate tried to win Emily over for weeks. This started with his goofy self sitting on Emily’s lap at the Winnebago County fair while he was eating corn on the cob and trying to feed her some too. Emily obviously fell in love with his charm lol. We quickly knew the relationship we had was special. One of our favorite memories from early on was sitting on the beach at night in Florida, listening to Tennessee Whiskey by Chris Stapleton. 8 years later, Nate got down on one knee and proposed with this song playing on a rooftop filled with rose petals and candles. Now, the high school sweethearts are planning their dream wedding which will be a celebration of 10 amazing and crazy years together and a celebration of Nate’s return home from an 11 month deployment in Somalia, Africa.