Our story begins at the University of Toledo with Jack being a Junior and Megan entering her freshmen year. Megan joined the same sorority as Jack’s younger sister, Rachel, where they became good friends. We shared many mutual friends and social events throughout college, but our relationship started as acquittances with an underlining interested in each other that would require patience. Following graduation Jack moved to Denver and Kansas City to begin his career and eventually made his way back to Cleveland. Megan pursued her Nursing career moving to Ann Arbor, Memphis, and most recently to Cincinnati. Then finally our mutual intertest from afar and patience paid off when all the stars aligned on July 24th, 2020. (Jack’s 30th birthday….his best birthday gift ever obvi). Opportunity presented itself at our close friend’s wedding, Katie and Matt. This is where Jack approached Megan at the bar and the rest is history.

It is only fitting that Megan unknowingly planned her own engagement weekend. Megan planned an extravagant weekend in Cincinnati because Jack’s parents, sister, and brother in-law were all coming to town. That Friday night Megan invited her parents and brother down as well. The weekend was set to start at our favorite date night spot in Cincinnati, E+O Kitchen. This was a special dinner because Megan and Jack’s parents were meeting for the first time. At the start of dinner Jack decided to make a toast to thank everyone for coming (at least that’s what Megan thought it was for). To Megan’s surprise this was more than just a toast, it was Jack asking Megan to marry him! To her surprise, Jack wove his own plan within what Megan had scheduled for the evening. Dinner was moved to a private room and Jack had asked Mr. Stewart for his approval and her hand in marriage the month prior. He had secretly planned it all along, while letting Megan believe she planned the whole weekend (smart guy). Jack had many surprises the whole weekend for Megan, making it one of the best weekends that we both will remember forever!