WELL... IT ALL CAN BE TRACED BACK TO CHRISSY REIMER (LUKE’S SISTER IN LAW) SHE IS DEFINITELY GOING IN OUR WILL.

BACK IN JULY, CHRISSY WAS TRYING TO SET US UP! HER AND MY MOM WERE CATCHING UP OVER FACEBOOK MESSENGER AND MY NAME GOT BROUGHT UP. IT SPARKED CHRISSY'S MATCHMAKING JUICES AND SHE ASKED IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GOING ON A BLIND DATE. MY MOM SENT ME THE MESSAGE AND TOLD ME HIS NAME AND I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD OF HIM BEFORE AND ASKED, ISN'T HE A FOOTBALL PLAYER? AFTER THINKING IT OVER I ENDED UP DECLINING THE BLIND DATE OFFER. ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER, HE CAME TO MY MIND AGAIN WHEN I WAS AT LUNCH WITH MY MOM AND FRIEND AND I STARTED TO RECONSIDER. LOW AND BEHOLD, CHRISSY REACHED OUT TO MY MOM AGAIN WITH A MESSAGE EXPLAINING ALL OF LUKE'S AMAZING QUALITIES, BEST WINGWOMAN EVER. CHRISSY SAID THAT SHE TOLD LUKE ABOUT ME AND HE WAS INTERESTED AND WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO GET MY NUMBER. (SIDE NOTE, LUKE HAD NO IDEA CHRISSY REACHED OUT TO US AT ALL) ANYWAYS, I HANDED OVER MY NUMBER AND THE REST IS HISTORY!

SINCE THE FIRST TEXT, I WAS SUPER INTERESTED AND HE MADE ME LAUGH A LOT- I COULD TELL I WAS GOING TO LIKE HIM! OUR FIRST DATE WAS AXE THROWING AND ICE CREAM AND OUR SECOND DATE WAS THE NEXT DAY- WE DIDN’T WANT TO WAIT ANY LONGER!! I LOVED HIS SMILE FROM THE GET GO AND WAS SUPER INTO LISTENING TO HIM SING IN THE CAR. WE GOT DEEP REAL QUICKLY WHICH PROGRESSED OUR RELATIONSHIP EXPONENTIALLY.

SOME FUN MOMENTS OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP:

IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH HIM PLAY FOOTBALL EVERY SATURDAY, I WAS SO PROUD, BUT MAINLY JUST LOVED THAT I WAS THE GIRL WHO KNEW HIS HEART.


OUR 1 MONTH ANNIVERSARY WAS SPENT IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN LUKE GOT A RANDOM ELBOW INFECTION DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON- WE HAD A FEW SLEEPLESS, STRESSFUL NIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL THAT TOOK OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL EMOTIONALLY HAHA.


OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN FILLED WITH CARD GAMES, THE OFFICE, DOUBLE DATES, LEARNING TO COOK TOGETHER, AND JUST A TON OF LAUGHTER.


WE FEEL LIKE GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH SO MANY HARD, GOOD, DEEPENING CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HELPED US LEARN SO MUCH MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER BEFORE MARRIAGE. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HOW EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND WISE LUKE IS.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET MARRIED JULY 5TH AND SEE WHERE OUR FUTURE TAKES US. THANK YOU JESUS FOR HAVING SUCH A GRACIOUS AND LOVING HAND IN OUR RELATIONSHIP!