Dean and I met on Twitter in October 2013. I followed him first but he reached out to me first. I remember the first comment he made was “Where can I find a woman like you?” And of course I said “Right here”. Talking for a few weeks then led to meeting. I will never forget the first time we met at a Denny’s at 1am with my mom and Cameron on our way back from Tennessee. We then spent some time back and forth from Ann Arbor to Grand Rapids, traveling every other weekend to see each other and became an official couple on November 22nd, 2013. After we spent the holiday’s together, Dean decided he wanted to move over to Grand Rapids and we started looking at places together. After apartment hunting, we found the right place and the rest is history. Dean started his job at Weather Shield, we moved into our apartment in June 2014, I started school in August 2015, We bought our home in October 2017, Adopted Lucy December 2017, Adopted Olive November 2018, I graduated with my Bachelors in August 2020, and we got engaged April 3rd, 2021. It’s been amazing growing together over all of these years, and I’m so excited to move on in our new chapter with all of you! Here’s to November 3, 2023 celebrating our life, love, 10 years together, and many more to come!