Nick and Crystal met while working at the O'Fallon MO GameStop. After working with each other they became fast friends. Nick then made his move by crushing all the flowers on Crystal's Animal Crossing Island...It seems to have worked!

They found it hard to find places to go on dates as they started dating as soon as the pandemic began. Thankfully there were a lot of outdoor options for dates including the zoo!

Crystal had found out that she was offered a position at the Boeing Company following her Summer internships! The only problem was that it would require her to move to Seattle. That soon proved not to be an issue as Nick immediately stated he was in for the long haul and the pair quickly began planning to make their way to the Pacific Northwest!

Once in Seattle the two quickly started exploring the city and the areas surrounding it. They discovered that the pizza in West Seattle is the best by far and nothing like that terrible Missouri pizza (I'm looking at you Imo's). They found it so good that Nick was caught on camera stealing a slice from Crystal!

~Chloe Jay pictured sun bathing in bed on a lazy Sunday Nick and Crystal started to notice Chloe no longer wanted to play with Max and started exhibiting "old lady behavior". This was when the pair decided it may be time to get Max a playmate.

~Nick and Max making Lasagna for dinner (Max was given treats and not lasagna much to his dismay).

~ChloeJay pictured at the University of Washington located in Seattle during the peak of cherry blossom season. Go Huskies!

~Nick and Emmie at Von Waldberg's German Shepherd Facility.

~Emmie at 8 months old, holding on to her favorite toy.

~Emmie at 10 months after discovering snow, so cute! Look at her little teeth!

Nick and Crystal became engaged after their trip to Vancouver over the Summer. Nick proposed in a national park surrounded by beautiful purple flowers (They weren't aware at the time, but the flowers had actually been Fox Glove).