Meet us in Montana

James and Kaity met at the end of March in 2018. James was finishing up his last semester of undergrad at Montana State University. He was visiting his hometown, Great Falls, for the weekend to spend time with some buddies. Kaity was teaching kindergarten in Lewistown, Montana at the time. She and a friend went up to Great Falls for the weekend to attend the Electric City Brew Fest in the "big city". Mutual friends introduced them. Kaity gave her number to Jimmy over a beer at the event. They met up at a bar after the Brew Fest where one of Jimmy's friends said "I'll be at your wedding one day." And here we are. Kaity and James made the drive from Lewistown to Great Falls often and, without fail, every time they got to the Stanford gas station Kaity said, "I can't wait to tell our kids one day that I almost turned around at this gas station and never met you." The roads the day they met were horrible, complete white out snow conditions. Thank goodness she didn't turn around or this classic "met at a bar" story would have never come to be! James proposed on June 25, 2020.