We actually met the first month of college. My friend, Kaylah, invited me to go bowling with these guys after the rodeo in River Falls. Brandon was one of these guys. It was not love at first sight but eventually he won me over with Pitch Perfect quotes. Then we became friends and started dating soon after.

Brandon came to visit me in Madison for the weekend. He told me that he had plans, but didn't tell me what they were. We ended up going to the zoo in Racine, WI and he took me to a little secluded enclosure where there were kangaroos and wallabies. While we were there an animal handler came up to us and asked if we would want to help socialize one of their new animals. When the handler pulled of the lid of the crate and lifted the house, there was a lesser tenrec and a card that said 'Will you marry me?'. Then Brandon got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Also I got to play with the lesser tenrec named Gilli.