We are coming up on seven years together-seven years full of memories, dog walks, travels and experiences. We’re so excited to be married and celebrate with all of our friends and family! Back in 2017, “Dat pug tho” was my stellar opening line to Kyle on Tinder. Somehow that worked and after a first date of queso, margaritas and talking for hours we both knew this was something special. I was in the Quad cities for PA school, and Kyle was in Iowa City working on his PhD which meant a lot of traveling back and forth on the weekends. In 2019 I moved to Mason City for my first job, which meant even longer drives back and forth and weekends on call-but we both made the effort and saw each other almost every weekend. After a brief six month stint in Madison WI for Kyle (and an even longer weekend commute!) he got a job offer in Iowa City, and Ruby and I were excited to join him there. We found an apartment in Iowa city, right across the parking lot from where we first met. A year later we bought our house at the very beginning of construction and spent the next few months watching our dream house come together. Fast forward to 2/28/23, six years to the day since we first started talking. Kyle said we should go grab dinner at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, which was coincidentally where our first date was-but it was a regular Tuesday and I thought nothing of it. After some margaritas and a lovely walk downtown Iowa City (which we also did on our first date) Kyle proposed-right in our kitchen, just us and the dogs, such a special night. We can’t wait for 6/14/24 to celebrate with with all of you and start this next chapter!