Before Laken and Andrew ever met in person, their journey first began with a swipe on Tinder. They had entire conversations using Drake lyrics, revealed their go-to karaoke songs (hers is All Star by Smash Mouth and his is Love Is A Battlefield by Pat Benatar by the way) and discussed Chicago-style pizza and their shared love of old fashioneds. After arriving slightly late to their first date at Ballyhoo, Andrew noticed a car with and Illinois license plate in the parking lot. Assuming it was Laken, he quickly rushed in to make sure she hadn't been waiting long. When he walked in she was nowhere to be found so he settled in, ordered an old fashioned and waited. A moment later Laken walked in and right away everything clicked between us and Andrew nearly forgot about the "other" Illinois license plate. As they were walking out to go their separate ways Andrew mentioned the other car in the parking lot and that's when Laken revealed that she was nervous and was waiting in her car for Andrew to arrive first. On her drive home, Laken called her roommate Lauren to talk about her date and Lauren said "I think you're gonna marry him." and it turns out she was right! We are so excited to celebrate this next chapter of our lives with you!