Quite honestly we don't even remember the first time we met. We imagine it was in early elementary as Nick was friends with my cousin, Dylan. Nick transferred from the public elementary school to Holy Family School in the 4th grade. As many of our hometown friends recall (and never let us forget) Nick and I had crushes on each other in 6th grade. Nick's mom, Kathy, told me on one of our first dates years later while we were in high school that she remembers when Nick asked her in 6th grade if he could take me to a movie. She told him no because he was too young. Fast forward 5 years later to our junior year of high school, we finally got to see that movie. When you know, you know I guess. We started dating our junior year of high school at the age of 17 and have never looked back. We both attended Concordia College, Nick for 3 years and myself for 4. Following Nick's graduation from Concordia in 2016 he immediately started law School at Mitchell Hamline School of Law the following fall. I moved down to the Twin Cities after my time at Concordia to be closer to Nick. Just this past year I also started and completed the Masters of Social Work program at the University of Minnesota. We have both graduated this past spring and have jobs lined up for this fall. Nick will be starting at Pemberton Law Firm in Alexandria. I will be starting in the Sauk Centre School District as a School Social Worker. We could not be more excited to move back home to Sauk Centre and begin our life together!