Some of you might not know that my mom and Nick's mom were roommates at the University of Northwestern St. Paul, where both Nick & I went to college. Before our freshman year, Nick's mom Bonnie pulled up my Facebook profile and told him to keep his eye out for me. I remember the first time I saw Nick - it was actually my first day on campus and I wondered who the big cute football player was. :) We met within the first few weeks of freshman year during fall sports preseason, before the rest of the students were on campus. We made the connection that our moms were college roommates pretty quick! We formed a fun friend group early on and the two of us remained just friends until later that year. We went on spring break together with a group and came out of it interested in each other, and the rest is history!

We went to my parents house for a casual dinner on 09/19/20 before we would be meeting up with some friends later that night. After dinner, we normally go for a walk around the neighborhood. While on this walk, my mom said "Let's do the three miler!" to which I immediately I objected... Eventually I gave in and we huffed along for three miles. Once we got back to the house, I opened the door and saw a path of roses and candles. Nick and I walked along this path that lead to the back porch where there was a set up of a bunch of roses, candles, a note and a little box. He told me to read the note and when I had finished, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. After I said yes, he said "Look up there" and I saw my family and grandparents from Pennsylvania taking pictures. It was so sweet and intimate to have the people most precious to me there for that moment. After we got done calling Nick's family and some others, we headed to my apartment building where he had rented out the rooftop for a celebration. We had a group of our closest friends there to celebrate. It was the best night!!!