Despite living only 30 minutes away in equally small towns, we had never met until Hannah (my cousin) and Zac (his best friend) set us up on a double date to see the movie "Lights Out". We both HATE scary movies, and needless to say... it didn't go so hot. Despite that, a second date at the good ole Norborne Soybean Festival had us charmed, and we've been journeying through life together ever since! To make it official, he asked me to be his girlfriend in front of The Columns at Mizzou later that fall; a classic Tiger move!

It was right before Christmas, and this was going to be our last night in Kansas City before we went home for the holidays. He calls me while I'm at work, and suggests that we go out for dinner as one last date night before we head home for a while. So we get all dressed up, and head into Downtown. We park at Union Station, and I start getting really confused wondering "We don't ever come down here, where in the world is he taking us?" We walk to the top of the hill, right below the Liberty Memorial. Of course, this is the one day of the month that the temperature dropped pretty significantly; the wind was whipping and it was SO COLD! When we got to the top, I was surprised to see a group of my very best friends all taking pictures together. They ask Seth and I to pose together, and we take a few pictures. I turn to walk away, he gives me a look, and with the biggest smile on his face, gets down on one knee. And of course, I said YES!

In May of 2020, we both graduated from college: Seth from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a B.S. in Agricultural Business, and myself from Park University with a B.S. in Business Administration/Marketing and a B.F.A. in Graphic Design. We were both fortunate to get jobs within the Kansas City area, where we have lived for the past year with our VERY sassy Jack Russell Terrier, Moxie. In February, we bought our first house and have spent the last few months turning this blast from the 70's past into our groovy new pad. In the free time we don't spend wedding planning or running around the dog park, you can catch us doing what we love most: spending time with friends, traveling, and catching a drink at our favorite local hangs.