Our love story started as a friendship over 20 years ago and has evolved into a lifetime commitment of love, loyalty and friendship. We met back in 1996 with an introduction from a mutual friend. I was a freshman at Winona State and Dawn was a senior in high school. Dawn came to Winona to visit and a friendship between us developed. Life changes and several moves later, we reconnected on Facebook, and picked up right where we left off. Even though we had been miles apart, and didn’t talk as often as we'd like, our friendship grew stronger. We decided to take our friendship to the next level and became a couple. After two years of dating, we decided it was time to get hitched and a business trip turned into a surprise Vegas wedding because when you know, you know and there’s no reason to wait. We said, “I Do” on October 19, 2018 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas and are living Happily Ever After.