One Thursday night in Fall, Madeline was invited by a friend, Rowland Northe, to go watch a Virginia Tech football game at a local bar. Even though she was not a Virginia Tech fan, she figured, "Why not? What else am I doing?" When she got there, she noticed a guy standing with her friends who she didn't know. So she asked Rowland, "Who's the guy sitting in the corner?" To which he replied, "Oh that's Matty!" Which then prompted her to respond with "No, I'm Maddie." Madeline was so intrigued by this cute guy who didn't speak much. She had to know more about him. For the next 3 months, Maddie made sure she was out whenever Matt was. Football watch party after football watch party, Maddie made sure she was there... pretending like she was way more into football than she really was while dropping hints that maybe they should hang out just the two of them. Until FINALLY in January, Matt finally asked her out! The two met up at a local microbrewery where they chatted about how they grew up, family, friends, careers, etc. One month later, they were officially a couple and the rest was history!

We all know 2020 was the hardest year yet! So when Matt asked Maddie if she wanted to get a hotel room in St Michaels, MD for New Year's Eve she thought nothing of it! He said "Let's just do a mini getaway" which sounded perfect to her! They took the day off work, drove to St Michaels in the morning. got massages, went to a brewery (Maddie's favorite thing to do!), walked around the town, got dinner, and walked back to the hotel. The day was perfect. Little did she know, the day was about to get a whole lot better. As they were walking back, her friend Sara FaceTimed her. They were chatting about the night. Sara kept saying "He's going to propose!" Maddie kept saying "Stop saying that! He's standing right here! That's so awkward! No he isn't!" As she was saying that to Sara, Matt started walking down the dock, away from Maddie. So she told Sara she had to go. When she got to the edge of the dock where Matt had walked to, Matt got down on one knee and asked her to marry him! BEST. DAY. EVER.