We've been together for a little while, so this is a little lengthy!

Dylan and I will be together 7 years on October 28th, 2025. Thinking back to us when we were both 17 years old at an FFA contest, we both would not have believed you if you said we would be building a life together 7 years later and getting married! (Finally!!!)

I thought Dylan was the most handsome man I had ever seen at our Section 10 FFA Dairy Foods contest, even if he was from our rivalry Milford. I ended up winning the whole contest that night and as excited as I was about that, I was just so starstruck that I got to see THE Dylan Janssen! Fast forward a few months and many FFA contests later, I had shown my grandma a couple pictures of Dylan and she was the first one I had ever told about him. She told me he was tall, dark, and handsome- "Thats how we like them!" she said!

Well, shortly after that, Dylan asked me to be his girlfriend on October 28th, 2018!! He had picked me up from my mom and dads and took me to my favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel of course! We were both so nervous we could have thrown up- when he asked to hold my hand on the way home, I thought my heart was going to come out of my chest! After Dylan left that night, my dad and I were sitting at the kitchen table. We were obviously talking about Dylan and when we get done my dad says- "He is the one." From that moment on I had no doubt in my mind that Dylan and I would spend the rest of our lives together, especially if Kevin Ferguson said that after meeting Dylan one time. Now, fast forward 7 years, my dad & Dylan share a relationship like no one else I know and I am so beyond grateful for that. Not only has Dylan brought so much love and happiness into my life, he also brought that to my dad, mom and brother. We got so lucky with Dylan.

We then graduated highschool, Dylan from Milford and me from Cissna Park, and we got to go through college together and graduated. We then spent the next few years working towards our future together and growing closer & closer with one another. Together, we were able to buy our forever home on October 20th, 2023. It was so surreal to see our hard work pay off and know that we were getting to turn this house into our home.

Then, on January 11th, 2025 at my mom and dads house, Dylan asked me to marry him!!!!!!! Being at dad & moms house, surrounded by just them, was the most perfect and meaningful way Dylan could have asked me and I will cherish that day for the rest of my life!

I know this is supposed to be "Our Story" but I just wanted to brag on Dylan for our story. I was never the little girl that dreamed of her wedding day. All I knew was that I wanted a love like my mom & dads. That was, until I met Dylan. Dylan has and is still, making all of my simple, little dreams come true. We have the most "perfect to us" farm house out in the middle of nowhere up a long lane, filled with CASE IH memorabilia, antiques, quilts and love. We get to come home to each other everyday, we get to support one another and be there for each other through the good and the bad. We are getting married, and we are getting the privilege to grow old and gray together. We cannot wait to be surrounded by our friends and family that mean the most to us on our special day, starting another chapter of our story!

D&B

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