We first met in the summer of 2016 after the awards ceremony of the SkillsUSA National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. We were both representing North Dakota as Ryan was competing in the Electrical Construction Wiring event and I was competing in the Nurse Assisting event. It wasn't until the summer of 2017, in the same place, that sparks started to fly! We began dating September 30th, 2017 and our love has grown stronger ever since!