Mitch likes to say he had me at “hello.” It was the fall of 2013, which meant football season at Notre Dame College. I (Lauren) was a sophomore at the time, and heard from my friends about a cute, new freshman football player on campus. Our first encounter was when we walked by each other on campus and Mitch yelled “Hi” and waved vigorously. This went on for a month, until I finally decided to have a mutual friend give him my number. We made plans to hangout after his game the upcoming weekend. From that day on we dated steadily, officially becoming a couple on the 1st of that December.

It was a proposal that I will never forget! We were at a country concert for one of my favorite artists, Chris Lane, with my sisters and brothers-in-law. A stage personnel asked for a couple in the crowd to go back stage, and to my surprise, Mitch and I were chosen. As we were back stage enjoying the song, “Big Big Plans,” Mitch suddenly took my hand and led me out on the stage. He then got down on one knee and PROPOSED in front of the thousands of screaming fans!!