Our new journey begins at sunrise.

We said "hello" with a smile as we rounded the corner of our high school at the same time every day. After finding out the daily greeting wasn't enough, Bobby told his good friends Christian and Seth Jonczak to put in a good word for him, since they knew Natalie fairly well. Through this, Bobby was able to obtain Natalie's phone number and they have been in constant contact ever since. From the corner of Latrobe high school, to Grand Rapids, to Chicago and everywhere in between, we have been together, best friends, and in love for nearly 10 years.

Although our schedules were pretty full in 2020 with work and grad school, we were able to find the time for a week-long vacation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We had spent a lot of time there during our college years and became very fond of the area. The main reason we went was to celebrate a mutual friend's wedding, but little did Natalie know, Bobby had been planning on proposing to her on the pier of Grand Haven beach for months! After a stroll on the shore just before sunset, we made our way to the end of the pier, where Bobby was finally able to secure a lifelong partnership with his closest and kindest best friend.