How did you meet? Tell me your love story

Michael and I are both Wisconsin natives, but we met while living in the Twin Cities. As Michael would say, we were introduced the modern way via a dating app! We actually matched when l was on my way to Cozumel for my cousin's wedding and I had to message fast in an airport before I lost service for a few days. Michael messaged me back and in true form I didn't respond for several days as I was terrible at messaging people back with life being busy! Thankfully, Michael didn't give up and we agreed on meeting for drinks. On our first date, I found out he grew up in Wisconsin too and we both were Packers fans and we slowly dated from there, taking our time dating and getting to know each other!

What is one thing you love to do together on a free day?

Golf! I'm terrible and Michael is great but as he would say--"I'm his life cartner" :) We also like to finish the day on a patio or outside with a glass of wine.

How long have you been together? And when did you know he/she was the one?

Just about 2.5 years! We both knew each other was the one on our drive back home from my first weekend up in Michael's hometown of Grantsburg, meeting his parents. We just had this great talk and it literally changed our entire relationship.

How did the proposal go down?

We had vacationed in San Diego in December 2018 and had such a great trip that we decided to go back again in December 2019 to use up our yearly PTO. This time we decided to add in Laguna Beach to our itinerary. Michael had just been to a work conference there in March at the Montage Resort. He would send me pictures of the amazing views and then also called to tell me Justin Bieber was also staying there. I immediately regretted that I hadn't taken time off of work to go stay with him during his conference. So when Michael mentioned going there for dinner one night while planning our trip, I definitely agreed that that was a great idea. Obviously, I had to see the place myself if Bieber had stayed there! :) So, on our second night of the trip, we arrived before our reservation so we could walk along the cliff overlooking the beach and ocean at sunset. I had no idea he was planning on doing it on our trip, so you can imagine my surprise, when halfway through our beautiful walk, he got down on one knee to ask me to be his life "cartner". As Michael would say, luckily I said yes, so the dinner and the rest of our trip wasn't awkward. But there was no doubt--I was saying yes!

Are you writing your own vows?

Yes! We absolutely love when couples write their own vows!

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