It was a warm night in Puerto Vallarta at night club Mandala. Matt had been down there for 5 days already, set to leave the following morning. It was a work trip and he was excessively sweating in his suit. Jessica had arrived a few days prior for Spring Break with her college roommates. The exact details of how they first met remain a mystery. Some say it was at the pool at the Hard Rock Hotel that afternoon. Some say it was on the dance floor. Some have reported that Matt descended from the ceiling like an angel. What is certain is that the next morning, Matt had to hop on an airplane back home to Denver. They had exchanged numbers, but Matt was 65% sure he had gotten a fake number. When Matt got home, he tried to text her, and it did, in fact, not work (it did actually, but Jess didn’t get the text until days later because of phone service in Mexico). So he did what any normal guy would do: he downloaded Snapchat, created a profile, and found her. He heard that's where all of the hip kids were hanging out. When she got back to the University of Michigan, they hopped on a call and talked for hours. A month later she flew out to Colorado for a four day hot springs road trip around the state. For 8 months they flew back and forth. Meeting up in Denver, Boston, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and Costa Rica. Matt met Jess' parents up in Houghton Lake where he did NOT break a jetski. Jess went to Boston to meet Matt's parents where she saw a naked lady in a window across the street from his parent’s condo and yelled "boobs!" within 3 minutes of meeting them. Once Jess graduated from college, Matt flew out to Michigan, helped Jess pack up her car, and took a road trip to move her into his place in Denver. Over the next 6 years they went on many adventures. Moving from an apartment to a condo to a home. They traveled to California for music festivals where Matt almost lost an eye. Jess had to guide him around, mostly blind for 5 days while he cried (a lot). They went skiing up in the Rocky Mountains where Jess would be found mid mogul run crying. Jess went from being a dog walker to working in Mergers and Acquisitions, while Matt continued to tread water. They went on countless trips, had countless laughs, and eventually did what any struggling couple would do during the Pandemic - have a baby. Disco, their beautiful chihuahua/pitbull, joined their lives in March of 2020. While she still hides from Matt and lives physically attached to Jess, he knows Disco loves him. In March of 2022, they went on a trip to Belize. Matt had no plans on how he was going to propose, so he improvised. He ran to the front desk while Jess showered and yelled "all hands on deck!" The hotel staff were scared at first, but then agreed to string up some lights on the beach. He told Jess they had been invited to a private pig roast with fire dancers, and as they walked down the beach she became very angry when there were no pigs in sight. They stopped under the lights, and what followed was 7 minutes of Matt rambling while Jess coached him through how to propose. All of the onlookers were pleased to see she actually said yes. Now they're gearing up to start their married lives together in Puerto Rico, and they're very very very excited to share the moment with all of their favorite people <3