We met in Bloomington, IN during my senior year and Brian's junior year at Indiana. My best friend, Erica, was dating an IU baseball teammate of Brian's, and dragged me to all of the baseball games with her. Brian quickly caught my eye, and we joked that I would end up dating him, even though we had never met. Little did we know, we were right. On Memorial Day of Erica and I's senior year, we had the day off of classes and decided to meet up with some friends at one of our favorite bars. It was there that my future husband and I saw each other from across the bar, he decided to buy me a drink, and the rest is history!
It was April 2020, amidst a global pandemic. We were traveling to Logansport for the weekend to take some family pictures, or so I thought. We got all dressed up and my mom made sure I had my nails done. I didn't catch on until it was Brian and I's turn to take a picture, and I realized everyone was watching. Brian got down and one knee, and our favorite photographer came out from behind the pine trees to capture the moment perfectly! He pulled off the perfect surprise.