The first time we saw each other was in our Calc 2 class. We only briefly spoke twice during that quarter, but Jon claims he would play a game of staring at me from the back of the classroom to see if I would ever look back at him ((certified stalker)). We officially met over 6 months later in our Calc 4 class. We both worked at the tutoring center and I was given a confusing set of classes to tutor. One morning in class, I turned around to ask Jon for advice on my predicament. He promptly offered his help to tutor the ten classes I was assigned. We got to talking and I told him that he should come to SALT (the college ministry we both now serve on the worship team at) because I remember seeing him at church one Sunday morning back when we were in Calc 2. Later that week he invited me to a Marine band concert and I said yes. He claims this was our first date. I disagree. Regardless, after that night we pretty much became inseparable. I asked Jon to make things official about a month later. -Nat

Natalie loves Christmas, so I knew I wanted to ask her to marry me during the most wonderful time of the year. She told me about a drive through Christmas light display that she wanted to go see, and that sounded like the perfect cheery romantic atmosphere to propose in. About halfway through the route, we started to experience some “car trouble”, so the staff politely asked us to exit the vehicle and wait in this beautiful boathouse light display on the lake “for our safety”. She walked up to the display in front of me, and when we got to the front and she turned around I was on one knee. Admittedly, I was a little nervous, so I forgot to pop the question at first. Once I finally got it out she said yes and we drove through the rest of the light display without seeing a thing, only focused on the ring on her hand and the happily ever after ahead of us. -Jon