We met through a Red Rocks Church life group in December of 2020. We both felt this familiarity with each other as if we had known each other for years. We began messaging through the group app and decided to meet for our first date at the dog park with my puppy Lainey. It was a cold and windy day but we had a great time and met for dinner later that evening. We quickly found out we shared a deep foundation in faith and dreams for the future. I really enjoyed Matt's calming presence and he was intrigued by my straight forward questions and desire to truly know him from the inside out. We began building our life from there and have only grown in our relationship with Christ, each other, and our 3 beautiful pups.

We set our wedding date 1 year in advance, before we were even engaged. We knew the rest would fall into place! 6 months after we picked the wedding date and found our venue, Matt decided it was time to give me the beautiful ring we designed together. He asked if I wanted to go to the dog park with him and Lainey one Sunday morning before church. It was a perfect, sunny, clear skies morning and we walked around the dog park taking in the scenery of our favorite place. I turned around and he was on one knee asking me if I would come to the dog park with him for the rest of our lives. I said YES!