Our love story starts the summer of 2006. Like any great love story, we first became Facebook friends before even meeting. Neither of us knew the wild, fun-filled adventures to come over the next 11 years! We first met face-to-face in our freshman hall at Loras College. Shanna and Shelley came to see Jeff’s roommate, Derek. Jeff, as he would like to tell everyone, was playing hard to get by sitting on his laptop with headphones on, but we all know he was too shy to talk to them. From that time on Jeff slowly (and we mean slowly) began to talk to Shanna more and more. The end of sophomore year after a house party (sorry mom), we really started talking and connecting. We later realized this was the moment we both developed feelings for one another. Over the next two years we continued to get closer, but we never took that next step. Jeff never did ask Shanna out on a date. As graduation approached, we went our separate ways but still remained friends. Shanna moved to the Twin Cities and Jeff stayed in Dubuque. What neither of us knew was that in a few short years fate would bring us back together. In 2013, Shanna decided to head back down to Dubuque for Loras Homecoming. Over the weekend Shanna and Jeff were able to reconnect, and those feelings for one another began to surface once more. The next week Shanna sent a Facebook message to Jeff about an old college photo; she just needed an excuse to talk to him again. From that moment the two texted every day. Not too long after Jeff moved back to Rochester, Minnesota, during which he made many trips to the Twin Cities to visit Shanna. They shared many “is this a date or are we just friends" adventures. After months of this (and we mean months), Jeff asked Shanna to his brother’s wedding and to meet his family. The next day Jeff finally asked Shanna to be his girlfriend. After 8 years of friendship and 3 years of dating, Jeff got down on one knee to ask Shanna to be his wife! And she said yes!