Our story began in April of 2017, on a dating app. After connecting online, we wanted to meet in person and had our first date. Although we were not as serious in the beginning, we began realizing we were constantly wanting to spend time together and eventually we became inseparable. Nonstop always enjoying our time together in the great outdoors - fishing, hunting, camping. Considering we had been at each others place every single night, we ended up moved in together 8 months later. Fast-forward 2 years when both of our lives changed, we were pregnant with our first child and at 5 months pregnant, God decided that he needed our son, Weston, more than we did. After having our Angel baby, we thought we didn’t want to have another baby for a while due to the heartbreak we were enduring, however, God had a different plan for us and blessed us with another baby boy, Ryder, in February of 2020. Within the first 4 years of our relationship, we had went through challenges that we never thought we would ever experience, but with those challenges came a stronger bond than we could have ever imagined. December 18th, 2020, we planned (what I thought) was just a typical night out to dinner with my little family although Matt wanted to take Ryder to the Park before heading to the restaurant. I was freezing but matt insisted on taking Ryder around the park and to the small lake on the property to see if anyone had caught any bass. As we were walking around the lake, all of a sudden I see a group of people holding signs that say in big letters “ will you marry me?” And at first I think “awww someone is proposing”. Right as I am thinking that, I noticed my Dad standing next to those signs and then realizes that’s my family holding the signs. I then turned to look at matt and he knelt down and proposed! It’s official! We are becoming Mr. and Mrs. Tsakiris!