We met during our senior year of high school in Effingham, Illinois through mutual friends (Love you Rachel and Harry <3).

After being friends for a couple years, we started dating in 2018 after starting our sophomore year at college. Brendan went to Indiana State and Kelly went to Indiana University. We could do the drive between Terre Haute and Bloomington with our eyes closed.

After graduating college in 2021, Kelly got a job in the big city of Kenosha, Wisconsin but decided to commute the 40 minute drive from Milwaukee. Brendan decided to join and we moved in together in our 700 sq ft apartment in June 2021.

Literally 10 days after moving to Milwaukee, we adopted a 6 month old dog from the humane society named Juniper. We are obsessed with her.

We went on a beautiful European vacation in August 2023 to Paris, Bordeaux, Nice, and Munich to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. On this trip, Brendan starting thinking "hmmm... this would be a pretty cool place to propose".

We loved Europe so much we booked another trip for April 2024 to Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and the Ahr Valley in Germany. On day one of the trip, Brendan proposed in the gardens of the Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. Since we didn't have overseas phone plans, we had to wait 4 hours before telling our friends and family!

August 23, 2025 is the big day! We can't wait to celebrate with you.