We're so excited to celebrate with you!

He noticed me the day I toured HLG. We had some mutual friends and also ran track together. He was admiring from afar, and I was clueless! Fast forward to Spring semester and I've got heart eyes for this handsome guy named Tanner. We started talking a little more intentionally and on Valentine's Day, he gave me a ziploc with butterfingers and a sticky note on it. The pursuit was on. Next came my birthday, in which he gave me a card and some chocolate. I was at a track meet the day of, so naturally we had to celebrate when I got back. He asked me to make brownies... just the two of us. I could not wait! Brownie day comes and he asks me on a date! Turns out it was both of our first dates, and we were beyond excited. This took place right before Spring Break, so we decided to have our date when we got back. Well, let's just say break lasted longer than we expected haha. So we went on our date the second week of "break", and then I drove back to Wyoming because, well, we were in a pandemic. May rolls around and I go back to MO to move out of my dorm room, and on May 8th, we made it official. Back to WY I go, and FL he goes for the summer. A couple trips to meet the families, hundreds of facetimes later, and we are back at school for Fall semester. We spent the semester going on walks in the park, meeting for lunch in the loft, having double dates with our friends, and learning all the things about being in a relationship. And well, when you know you know! Over Christmas break Tanner came to WY and asked my dad permission to marry me and he said yes!

Saturday, February 20th, 2021, my 21st birthday. I had a nice quiet morning, and Tanner and I had plans to get a smoothie for lunch. After that, we went to Mimi's for a little while. Around 1:15 he asks if I'm ready for my surprise, and of course I was! We head back to the school and he drops me off outside and one of our friends is waiting there for me. I walk over to her not knowing what is going on, and she hands me a letter. It was from Tanner and he talked about how this is the spot he was in when he first saw me on my tour at HLG. Once I read the letter, she told me to my next place to go. In this moment, I knew he was going to propose, I just didn't know where. Beaming with excitement, I proceeded to go all over town to places that have been important to our relationship. At each spot, one of our friends was waiting for me with a letter to read from Tanner and they would tell me the next place to go. Nine stops later and I'm in the Kleckner parking lot and I receive my last letter that tells me to go to the Kleckner kitchen. As I walked down the candlelit, rose covered stairs, heart beating out of my chest with excitement, I see Tanner standing there with the biggest smile. "How is this even real?" kept running through my head. Here, Tanner said the sweetest things and asked me to marry him. I squealed the happiest yes of my life. What a sweet moment it was. He is intentional and loves me so well. I couldn't have imagined anything better, it was so special to us. Then we went up to the loft where everyone was waiting to celebrate with us! We celebrated , took pictures, had cake and brownies and cherished the time with our friends. And of course we flipped the bell! The day was absolutely perfect! Best birthday ever! Best fiance ever! WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!