It’s August 2016 in Lexington at the University of Kentucky Class of 2020 move-in day. Jake & Molly are moving into Boyd Hall on North Campus as college freshman. Molly is moving away from Wisconsin not knowing anyone except her roommate Madalyn, who she met online. Jake is coming from Northern Kentucky with only a few friends. After moving all our stuff into our fancy, brand-new dorm rooms, we have a floor meeting. Immediately Molly spots a SUPER CUTE guy sitting in the meeting and Jake says he “made note” to his roommate, Ethan, about the gorgeous tall girl in the back. Right when Molly got back to her room with her roommates she looked through the floor GroupMe and investigated the profile pictures to find Jake! Once found, Molly made the first move and messaged him on Instagram asking where the fraternity rush party was that night… and the rest is history!

If you know Molly, you know her favorite holiday is the 4th of July. For the past five years all of Jake & Molly’s college friends have ventured up to Pewaukee Lake for some good ole’ Wisconsin fun. Well… this year was a little bit different. On the Saturday before the 4th, Molly had planned a “booze cruise” boat ride to dinner in downtown Pewaukee for the group. But, Jake had other plans. Weeks before, he had Bill call the restaurant to cancel the reservation, but told them if Molly calls to confirm, make sure she still thinks everything is on par. As the day is going on, Jake’s parents are driving up to Wisconsin from Kentucky, friends and family are sneaking into Auntie & Uncle’s house next door, and Molly and her friends are getting ready for “dinner” at Nana & Papa’s house. As it’s getting closer to the time to leave, a storm looks like it’s rolling in. Everyone starts rushing to finish getting ready and keeps rushing Molly. Once outside, Bill asks Molly to go put the boat down so everyone can start loading up. Meanwhile, over at Auntie & Uncle’s the surprise guests are peering out the window to watch what is about to go down. As Molly is walking down the pier, Jake follows behind her… He pulls her to the end of the pier, gets down on one knee and asks Molly to spend the rest of their lives together! Moments after, everyone that was keeping this a huge secret from Molly come flooding out of the house with tears, hugs and a whole lot of champagne. The rest of the night was full of celebration and wouldn’t have been possible without being surrounded by those who love us!