We first met when Marita was teaching her first year of Agricultural Education in New Rockford in 2014. Matt lived above Marita in the same apartment complex and we both left for work at the same time each day. One day Matt decided to come on down and introduce himself. (If you know Matt well, this is something he normally would never do, so God had a plan for sure!) Turns out Matt also went to college with Marita's brother, Samuel, in the diesel tech program at NDSCS, he just didn't know that then. After a little convincing, and a first date of fixing a welder in the shop at school; we haven't turned back. We have had quite the journey since Marita moved to Finley to continue her teaching career fall 2015. In April 2019, Matt came to spend the weekend at the Rau Ranch, and proposed out in the yard in front of the barn and the horses. Just a farmgirl and a farmboy in love. <3 We have set a date and can't wait for you to join us in the celebration of our marriage on October 10th, 2020!