...in a hotel far, far away, Mariah and Jake met at work. It started when Jake started leaving puns on sticky notes on Mariah’s desk, then they started meeting for lunch and breaks every day.

Finally, Mariah decided she wanted to see more of this guy, so she asked him to take her on a motorcycle ride. They had breakfast, and then rode through the Provo Canyon singing Disney songs, and the rest is history!

Jake asked to hold onto Mariah's grandmother's ring in August 2019, but decided to keep her on her toes! A trip to San Francisco and Disneyland went by without a proposal. Then Christmas came around, and she thought for sure it would happen Christmas day while opening presents. Christmas Eve, Jake's family told Mariah that they were going to see Christmas lights that evening like they do every year. Little did she know, that it is NOT a tradition for them to go see lights every year! Sneaky.... They all went to a beautiful, garden-walk display of lights and walked around together, and Mariah started to get suspicious. However, family members kept disappearing and reappearing, and we kept on walking past all of the spots she thought he would propose at. Then, as they were heading to leave, he pulled her off the path, knelt down, and asked her to be his life buddy, to which she said "Yes!"