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We’re getting married!!!!

Jesse Karpen

and

Cheve Case

March 13, 2026

Camano Island, WA

Long Distance Friends Circa 2019

Friends, long distance loves, he moved here from Idaho, 3.5 wonderful years, then proposal!

We were introduced by our pretty amazing friend, Mackenzie! In 2019, Mackenzie and Jesse were returning from a trip to Arizona with friends and stopped in Idaho to meet up with Cheve. This is when they met for the first time. He called Jesse "Heidi" the whole time. That went on for a couple of weeks, sporadically using her correct name. Cheve thought that Jesse was cute, and the feeling was mutual. Jesse slowly started to get into shared video games and such so the two met up in Discord (the app) with friends quite often. After a while, Cheve started sending  memes to Jesse and soon realized that he wanted to talk more “one on one” with her. This too was mutual. After many long distance discussions and growing feelings for each other, as well as an almost kiss as they brought in 2022 together, they decided to become official! They made 1 1/2 years of a long-distance relationship work for them, with absolutely no pressure or hiccups at all. Then, Cheve finally moved back to Washington. Fast forward a couple of years and marriage may have come up once or twice. Jesse, naturally being Jesse, made sure Cheve knew her ring size as well as her specific ideas for an eventual proposal (he wanted to get a flash mob together!). Along comes 2025 and the best month of the year, July.  A surprise party took place to celebrate Jesse's birthday (again thanks to Mackenzie). Taking advantage of the party with very dear friends (may or may not have been included in the specific idea for a proposal) he lured Jesse out to the field under the guise of playing a game of Corn Hole (which was not played) where he would propose. After her flawless shot, she turned around to see him on one knee and now... Here we are