If we both didn't swipe right, we wouldn't be here today :). It only took a full week of talking through a dating app for Adam to officially ask me on a date. Little did I know, he was buying himself time so that he could recover from his ACL surgery he had the day before we "matched". Finally after a week or two, we had our first date and couldn't have hit it off better. From pulling a total bro card by showing me his scars from his surgery to prove that he wasn't just stringing me along, to having our first kiss in the rain, I have been smitten and totally head over heels since the day we met.
It only took about a month for him to bring me around his friends. They seemed so eager to get to know me and welcomed me with open arms. This was very unusual for his friends because it Adam wasn't one to bring girls around-so this made me feel pretty special!
We continued to really enjoy each other's company and if i wasn't losing him from my loud snoring or him losing me from his stinky farts, we really had a shot at making this relationship work.
I did a soft move-in when Adam was in his second condo in St. Louis Park. it was easy for me, but Adam was not used to how much hair a women can shed, and it drove him nuts- "how do you still have hair on your head," I would hear all the time. When we lived here we constantly had the discussion if we should get a dog. He wanted a yellow lab, I wanted black, but both did not want a chocolate lab. I wanted a boy, he wanted a girl. It seemed like we could only agree that we wanted a larger breed, and thought we should wait until we had a yard for them. We decided that, then, less than two months later, a female golden retriever that was the last in her litter became available. We (I) decided that this was fate and we had to get her. After a little over a year together, we welcomed Surly into our lives.
Then, about 6months later I bought Surly the yard she needed and we moved into our house, conveniently right down the road from Adam's condo. If you haven't seen the photos, we have made many changes and have been able to create the home we want with the help from our families - especially my incredibly talented mom, Carmen! After we moved into the house together, it seemed like people started to ask more questions about when they could expect to see a ring....
Adam has always taken his time to do things at his own pace. This was the same for our proposal. He first asked what kind of rings I like during the time Minneapolis hosted the Super Bowl in 2018. We then didn't look at rings until that following August. He had plans to turn our weekend getaway in Duluth that coming October into something special. It only took him 4 waterfalls and 6 hours of hiking for him to get down on one knee to ask me to be by his side for the rest of his life. Tettegouche State Park will always have a special place in our hearts :).



We thank you for taking time to read our story & we cannot wait to celebrate our first day of forever with you!