In June of 2012, our love story began. Mikael and I lived across the hall from each other. We ran into each other one morning. After some convincing from his sister Amanda, and a sweet Facebook message about chips and salsa, I decided to give him a chance a few months later. We didn't spend another day without talking after that. June 28th, 2012 we became offical. After a few months, he moved back in with me! We were inseparable. Concerts, bars, boating, Bengals and Ohio State games, you name it, we did it. In June of 2013 we found out we were expecting. Our perfect surprise baby, Hailey Lynn Damen was born February 14th, 2014, Valentine's Day. We went through a few struggles over the next 6 months becoming new parents and job changes, but we made it through stronger than ever. June 29th, 2015 we bought our first house. September 20th, 2017 Grayson Mikael Damen joined our family. He was planned and perfect. June 16th, 2019, Makenzie Lynn Damen made her appearance on Father's Day. And bring us to August 5th, 2019, we were engaged!! Mikael had to leave bright and early the next morning for a work trip to New York City. He brought all the kids over to the couch I was sitting on and started asking Hailey questions. He asked her long we'd been dating and she said 7 years. He asked her how many kids we have and she said 3. He asked her how many different houses we've lived in and she said 2. And he asked her if she thought it was finally time for us to get married. She was so excited and said "Oh my Gosh! Are you going to give Mommy her ring?" I was completely surprised and in tears! Our lives have been full of so many amazing memories already, I can only imagine what our future will hold.