We met the modern way: by swiping right on Hinge (swoon!) in 2019. Our first date was the day before Johanna left for Germany. Johanna was preparing for her trip and running very late - while Sam, who had spent all day studying for law school finals, was anxiously waiting at the campus Starbucks for her to show up. Pitying a person who had clearly been stood up on a date, the baristas gave Sam all the left over cake pops, but when Johanna finally showed up five minutes before the store was closing, it was love at first sight. We texted and video chatted almost every day for the next month that Johanna spent in Germany and it felt like we had known each other for years. Many cute dates followed after the long awaited reunion in Denver and soon a life without each other was unimaginable.

Sam hired a photographer to capture him proposing to Johanna at the "Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns" lights show at the Hudson Gardens in Denver. When Johanna mentioned that she'd like to wear sweatpants and no make up because it was already late, Sam made her suspicious by saying "why don't you dress up and get ready a bit, I'd like to take some pictures there with you." At the location, Sam was nervously dragging Johanna from one attraction to the other, when the photographer found us and pretended to work for the gardens to take pictures of people having fun. After a few staged photos of us Sam dropped on one knee, pulled out the beautiful ring and asked Johanna to marry him - in German. Needless to say, Johanna said yes and we were engaged. We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you. See you in Denver!