In April of 2016, Jan was attending a friend's graduation in Chicago. Jan was staying at his friend's girlfriend's apartment for the weekend, which happened to be the residence of Darelyn at the time. Jan was awoken by Darelyn making coffee in the kitchen in the morning. After a quick conversation as Darelyn made her coffee, we continued to talk even after Jan returned back to Milwaukee. These conversations eventually led to our first date... a run! From that moment on, Jan and Darelyn would blossom into a lovely and coffee loving couple.

On their first date, Darelyn pretended she was a long-distance runner to impress Jan and ran to the Chicago lakefront. After finishing the run (which turned to a walk after Darelyn ran the first few miles), they sat outside and ate at Darelyn's favorite taco shop, Antique Taco.

Jan asked Darelyn to meet him downtown after he got off on a Saturday. Little did she know, Jan had brought the ring and a suit to work. After agreeing to meeting Jan downtown to meet for dinner, Darelyn (in typical fashion) arrive 30 minutes late, which gave Jan 30 extra minutes to stress about popping the question. After arriving, Darelyn and Jan began their walk on the riverwalk to their dinner location. Jan tried to find a spot on the river walk with the least amount of people. After finding the 'perfect spot', Jan got down on one knee and Darelyn said yes!