Our story begins in September 2016 in Champaign, IL. We originally met online, but Kathleen kept making up excuses about why she couldn’t meet Daniel in person (there are a lot of weirdos on the internet, so you can't really blame her). Champaign is a small town though and as luck would have it, one of Daniel's friends and one of Kathleen's classmates from veterinary school had just started dating. One night while Daniel was out with them for drinks, they convinced Kathleen to finally meet up. We stayed on the rooftop of Barrelhouse 34 in Downtown Champaign, talking until bar close long after our friends had called it a night. We officially started dating shortly thereafter. Fast forward 4 years to the day we met: After a long 9 months of quarantine, we decided we planned a much needed vacation. Because of COVID obviously we couldn't go far so we found an AirBNB in Arkdale, Wisconsin and went on a little road trip. We were excited for hiking, horseback riding and mostly a little R&R. Daniel surprised Kathleen with a beautiful proposal obviously with the help of our dog Betty overlooking the lake where we were staying. Over the past 5 years, our relationship has grown and flourished and we cannot wait to see what the future holds! We are very excited to celebrate our love with you all and expect to see your smiling faces on the dance floor!