We met on a winter camping trip over New Years’s in the Northwoods of Minnesota 2024. Natanael was invited as a storybook friend trying out winter camping, while I was coming for my second and a half time winter camping with my dad. We noticed each other while playing Uno games with friends, and Natanael helped me out in our poker game by giving me chips when I was losing. His friends made him do extra pushups for cheating (they play for pushups rather than money), but he didn’t mind because he had fully caught my eye! Things progressed quickly as we went on dates right after that camping trip, and we officially began courting on January 22nd, 2024. Natanael got to be by my side while my three siblings got married that year as well, and I was counting down the days till it would be him and I. We went on our New Year’s camping trip up to Hogback Lake campground in Minnesota, which was a blast. On the afternoon of January 3rd, Natanael took me on a walk across a few frozen lakes to Scarp Lake. He was impatiently trying to stop me from sliding on the ice and goofing off so he could get down on one knee and propose. Immediately, I was overcome with emotion, and with tears freezing on my eyelashes, I said yes! In that moment, I didn’t care how cold I was (the windchill on the lake was -23). I was overjoyed and am still so incredibly blessed that I get to marry this amazing young man God brought into my life! I love you, Natanael Joachim Tomczyk 🤍