You never think you're going to meet your spouse at 15 years old, but we did! We shared a romantic moment at Wayzata High School when a mutual friend introduced Sean as her boyfriend (wasn't true) and Morgan as her friend (totally true). Sean of course had something sassy to say. Love was in the air folks. It wasn't long before Sean and Morgan started seeing one another at lunch, in the hallways, and at after school events. Being very mature, they both clearly communicated their desire to date and had no awkward 15 year old convos about "hanging out" or "chillin sometime". They eventually got over their anxiety and started calling each other BF and GF publicly #official. They even eventually went on a REAL date to Camp Snoopy.... with Morgan's brother and his friend Darren. They dated off and on throughout the remaining high school years and got back together one final time just for the summer before college. At the end of summer they were supposed to break up and head their separate ways, he to St. Cloud and she to UofM, but after such a great summer full of adventure, fun, fireworks acquiring road trips, sharing in the obligatory panic about roommates and dorm locations, and so much more, they had a very serious conversation. They agreed to give the distance relationship a try! Of course, this would never work as college is hard on love to begin with, let alone from 2 hours apart. Good news, they are both incredibly stubborn and decided they would shift their class and work schedules so they could travel back and forth with each other literally 3+ times each week. After surviving that for all of Freshman year, they decided enough was enough and told their parents they were moving in together in Dinkytown to "save money". So this is how we met, the first, second.... tenth time, how we let our stubbornness save our love, and how we know we can do anything together.

After a short 15ish years of courtship, building a house together, having multiple dogs and other pets together, 3 apartments in 2 cities, and a cross country uproot of life together, Sean finally worked up the courage to ask Morgan if... they could get screwed on taxes together too. He first had to find the right ring and Morgan doesn't wear a ton of rings. He had to take her in to get her finger measured so that "some day he could get a ring". While they were at it, they "may as well check out styles" and thank god they did... Sean would not have picked correctly. After a few months of frustrating the crew at Shane, Sean had the perfect ring and perfect diamond worthy of the perfect girl. The plan was now a go: he gathered their best friends and asked for their help. The proposal would take place on Wayzata Beach, right in front of the boulder where Sean and Morgan shared their first smooch. The friends would all be there to greet the potential bride for the first time in months, but that wasn't the whole plan. With their help, he would give her a full day of her MN favorites leading up to "dinner at 6 Smith". Sean took Morgan to see all of their favorite landmarks, sites, breweries, lakes, homes, and more, all before heading to borrow his parents boat for a dinner cruise on Lake Minnetonka. Little did Morgan know that Sean had to carefully avoid the entire Wayzata Beach area where their friends had set up 300 candles, champagne in an ice bucket, and a rose pedal and pebble heart in which he would drop to one knee. After cruising out to Robinsons Bay, Sean drove the boat over to COV for a pre dinner drink. Right about sunset, Sean got the "go ahead" text from his friends. He then "casually" told Morgan he wanted some sunset beach photos before dinner. They walked over and Sean was acting "totally normal". At the beach they arrived to see the champagne, a candle lit path, and eventually rose heart and best friends. It was there that she said yes... Eventually