It was the soft opening of the Saint James golf course when Derek and his Dad (Jade) stopped at the course to golf and grab a bite to eat when they met Ashlynn who was their waitress. We sat and talked for an hour or so and of course Ashlynn yapped there ear off that entire time. Once they left Derek looked at his dad and said "I'm going to have to come here more often." We kept seeing each other at the course and only ever talked there. Derek would often go with his parents (Jade & LeAnn) to the course to eat and end up seeing Ashlynn. His mom (LeAnn) has said many times she always saw how Derek would watch Ashlynn. Derek then added Ashlynn on Facebook shortly after walked up to Ashlynn's mom (Jen) and was asking where she was and why she wasn't working but Jen was. Jen told Ashlynn the next morning she secretly knew what was going on before we even knew. Ashlynn was very exited and asked her if she should sent a message. Later that evening Ashlynn ended up sending a message over Facebook saying "hey heard you were asking where I was ☺️ did you miss me that much 😂" ended up messaging for the night when he asked her if there was any good carwashes in New Ulm because the ones buy him "sucked". She said she might be bias being her parents (Jason and Jen) own one. Later that night he came to New Ulm to get a "carwash" (Derek never actually got one that night) we drove around for hours talking like we knew each other for years. We had an instant connection since day one. We spent many more nights driving around and talking and haven't stopped yet. One thing let to another and we started dating and both families could see what was going to happen from miles away.