Ben and Kenzie met at 17 while working at Menards South in Rochester, MN. Kenzie had trained Ben in as a cashier. Kenzie thought Ben was attractive at the time but didnt have any idea that Ben thought the same about her. Both of them were seeing other people at the time. Ben ended up moving on to another job before Kenzie did but they stayed friends on Facebook and apparently checked in on each others facebooks from time to time but neither had the guts to say anything to each other. Well 5 years later at the ages of 23, Kenzie and Ben matched on Tinder (a dating app). Kenzie had messaged Ben, not even giving him a second to message her first. That same evening, Kenzie invited Ben over and of course, got to know each other all over again because let's face it, a lot changes in 5 years. That same evening, they started dating. They both knew from that first hug that night, this was love at first sight. 1 month later they found out they were expecting and 5 months later they bought a house in Kasson, MN. 2 months after that, Ben got down on one knee.

On Monday, October 22nd 2018, Kenzie had had a rough day at work and had come home frustrated. Ben was relaxing in his recliner, as usual, after a long day at work. Kenzie was looking in the freezer for something to eat when her daughter, Karsyn, came running into the kitchen with a ring box and handed it to Kenzie. Karsyn said "here go mommy" as she ran back into the living room where Ben was. Not paying attention, Kenzie just grabbed the box without looking. Well a couple seconds later, she looked down to see what Karsyn had handed her, come to see it was the ring box. Kenzies eyes got big as she yells from the kitchen to ben "umm... am I supposed to open this?" (Thinking Karsyn had given it to her by accident) and Karsyn yells "YES!" So Kenzie proceeded to open the ring box and her jaw dropped! Honestly her first thought was WOW! What a beautiful ring! Kenzie walked slowly into the living room smiling. Ben was on one knee, with Karsyn by his side and asked "will you marry me?" and her reply was "WELL YEAH!!" Ben then stood up and gave Kenzie a huge hug and bunches of kisses as she had happy tears in her eyes. Kenzie had no idea that Ben had this planned. Ben even asked for her families blessing earlier that day and everyone in both his and her family were in on it. Ben pulled off the proposal perfectly and Kenzie was of course shocked in how he pulled it off so well. Ben said he was going to wait for another time but also couldn't think of a better place or time to do it than in their home where they are raising a family together.