Over the past five years we have grown - we finished school, started our first big kid jobs, bought a house, and realized adulting wasn't as fun as we expected. All of these experiences wouldn't have been the same if we didn't have each other to experience it with.

Our story started when Allie moved back to Billings and we began our junior year of college. We had almost all of our classes together, so between group projects and study groups we quickly became friends. Specifically, one marketing class, we got paired up for a project. We would meet up at the coffee shop to work on the project but quickly got distracted by life conversations and next thing we knew it had been 5 hours.

Fast forward months later, I started baseball season which meant many long road trips and many classes missed. This meant I needed help getting homework and notes, which meant more coffee shop studying with Allie!

As the spring semester went on, Allie and I got closer and our friendship eventually turned into more. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE saw us together as more than friends. Behind the scenes we were teased for not noticing sooner that we were meant to be together.

As our junior year ended, Allie and I were just starting to hit it off, but baseball called me to Wenatchee, WA. I left Billings to play in a summer baseball league, but this didn't phase Allie and I. We continued our close relationship as friends.

I returned back to Billings right before 4th of July of 2018 and we were able to spend Allie's favorite holiday together, meeting her family, and enjoying the fireworks together. From that day on we've spent almost every day together.

Over the next few years, Allie has booked countless concert tickets and made me go on many weekend trips. I drug Allie (very willingly) to the golf course in exchange for beers on the Bar MT patio.

This takes us to February 2022 and in typical Allie fashion she booked a trip to Red Lodge for a friends get together. With everyone on the trip looped in on the plan, our four best friends all drove to town and the weekend began. Friday night was spent eating, laughing, and drinking and Saturday morning was spent trying to convince Allie that a hike was a fun idea. After her friends rallied her, we were all headed on a "hike", which was actually a 200 yard walk up to a little side trail where the question was asked and yes was answered. The rest of the day was spent with family and friends enjoying the best day of our life.

We are so thankful that you're reading this and hope you'll be able to cheers with us on August 19 of 2023!