Matt and Laura met in 2016 in Chicago. They had both spent a few years on opposite coasts with Matt in Boston and Laura in San Francisco but always knew Chicago was home. Only a few months after Laura moved back, they met around Thanksgiving and hit it off right away! After many months trying almost every restaurant in Chicago, spending weekends on the Riverwalk, visiting friends across the country, and moving in together in the West Loop, they booked a weekend getaway to Kohler, Wisconsin in August 2018. They decided to go hiking on the first day and came across a beautiful clearing next to a river, and 2 baby deer walked out right in front of them! Matt grabbed a little box out of his backpack, got down on one knee... and the rest is history!