It all starts back in 5th grade when all the elementary schools melted into one middle school. We both remember our first romance in middle school (even if it was less than a week). It was mostly over MSN messenger, Sierra still remembers her profile tagline "I LOVE NICK ~~~~~<3<3<3<3<3~~~~~. The romance fizzled out but Sierra still signed Nick's yearbook "I LOVE YOU NICKY POO." We didn't hang out or talk much until our senior year of high school. We were set-up by our mutual friends for a few movie nights - which got us "talking"....Nick invited Sierra over to hang out at his house and we both remember playing the zombie's shooting game on Xbox. While our love story may have just began to bloom, senior year was coming to an end - work was starting for Nick full time and Sierra was off to Illinois State University & we lost touch over the years... ...............& then March of 2020 came & covid-19 changed everything............. Sierra came back to Dixon from NYC for what she thought was a couple weeks but that turned into months .. ----- & then came summer of 2020----- We reconnected on the boat 4th of July weekend & have been in-separable since. It started with a conversation on the river with the same mutual friends that brought us together 10 years prior. Nick asked Sierra to come over and meet his Bengal cat, Tyson. Tyson played an instrumental part in the early stages of the relationship - he was always inviting Sierra over to see him and watch movies after the nightly gym/dinner routine. Eventually the after work routines changed and we started eating dinner together.... after a lot of ice cream dates, summer fun, building out twinblend, getting our german sheppard Zoey, remodeling our home and a few years of living together Nick proposed to Sierra <3 We can't wait to celebrate with you all! With Love, Nick & Sierra Bennett