In the fall of 2022, Mitch and Jenni individually started attending a young adults group at Grace Church in Eden Prairie. They met and there was an instant connection. They saw each other in the coming months at church and various events. At a mutual friend's New Years Party, Mitch asked for Jenni's number as they were leaving after the countdown. The next night, a group was going ice skating and Jenni took a chance and asked Mitch to go. They spent the whole event together and by the end of it, others were asking if they were dating. Mitch finally did ask Jenni out to dinner the following week and they made it official a few weeks later. On September 14th 2024, while in Winona visiting a friend of Jenni's from college, Mitch got down on one knee atop the Garvin Heights Scenic Lookout and asked Jenni to marry him. Just a hint; she said YES!