I met Amelia in Pittsburg Kansas in 2021. We both had mutual friends but didn't know each other. One evening in January, I was having a get-together at my old college house. I invited some of my friends over who ended up bringing Amelia along. We both started talking to each other that night and realized we both knew a lot of the same people. After that night we grew a good connection and started hanging out more frequently.

As a few months passed, we were becoming good friends and I started inviting Amelia to lunch at Freddy's in between classes and I decided to make the relationship official on March 14th, 2021.

In December of 2021, I ended up graduating from college and Amelia still had a year and a half of school left. I was faced with a really hard decision during that time. I was asked to move to Destin, Florida for the company that had just hired me. I was very uncertain if I should move that far away from Amelia and the family. We ended up sitting down and weighing out options and decided that I should move to Florida.

The distance was hard on us but I was able to fly Amelia down frequently, it was never the same as being in Pittsburg together. The old saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" was true. In the summer of 2022, I decided to buy a ring. I had multiple moments where I thought about proposing but it just wasn't the right time.

In March of 2023, I decided to spontaneously propose in Panama City Beach, Florida. We spent the day hanging out at the beach. Toward the end of the day, I suggested we take a walk on the beach. I ended up telling Amelia to turn and face the water and pose for a picture. As Amelia turned back around I was on one knee. Amelia was so surprised and we have never been more excited for the future!