I like to say we got drunk on Mackinac island and the rest is history. but there was a little more to the story. July of 2016 over the fourth of July weekend we met through a mutual friend who had no intentions of setting us up together. We spent that Friday driving around the UP and I was stuck in a car full of boys that I didn't know, BUT little did I know, I had the best seat in the car. I couldn't help but look at Austin, I noticed his smile right away and found out later that he had been looking back at me too. That day was spent flirting here and there, but nothing too crazy, as this was literally the first day we had ever met. That night we sat out on the pier in St. Ignace just him and I, talking, laughing, and learning about each other. I remember the night being perfect. The next day we did a bar crawl on Mackinac Island with a bunch of family and friends. and well, after a couple drinks we couldn't stay away from each other. it was one of the best days of my life. About a month later he asked me to go out with him and some of his friends, and we have been together ever since. To those of you who don't know, Austin proposed on that same pier 3 years later over the fourth of July weekend surrounded by some of our closest friends, and a very surprised Brooke.