It was a sunny day, the summer of 2022. John received a text from his friend Nick that said something like: "hey me and Christina ordered an extra drink on our date night, do you want to come drink it?" John, being just a little bit aways away in St. Paul responded with something like: "sure." When John got there, there was in fact an extra margarita for him. It was at this time where John told Nick and Christina that he would trust them to set him up with someone.

It took a while, but in October 2023 Christina reached out to John and wanted him to reach out to her friend Haley. John, fresh off of a 50 mile race (humble brag), and Haley went on their first date on October 23, 2023 at Town Hall Station. They haven't been back since, not because they had a bad experience, but just because they haven't.

In classic John fashion, the second date was at an arcade so that John could have an activity to do if the conversation got boring. But lo and behold, the two did not play any Golden Tee that night because conversation was so riveting. John was attracted to Haley because of her faith in her walk with Jesus, how patient she is with him, and that she is cute. Haley was attracted to John's endless list of talents. Pretty quickly, John and Haley made things official in the backyard of their friends Isaac and Abby's house, playing with tractors with their children.

Dating was fun and sometimes not so fun, but usually fun. John and Haley went on a lot of walks - and sometimes some runs. They made dinner together a lot, went on some double dates, went geocaching, served at kids church, played games, went to movies. Just your basic normal couple things. Haley supported John a ton while he is in school and working, helping make him food, understanding when he has to study, being flexible around his annoying night shift schedule.

John and Haley decided they had the same vision of life together and wanted to get married. John proposed to Haley with a fake geocache on a 0 degree day and did not fool Haley at all, which was quite frustrating to John. They got engaged on January 18, 2025 and now are trying to plan a wedding.

They look forward to hanging out with you all on June 27th, but also don't have any hurt feelings if you can't make it this weekend as life is busy.