Our story begins in College Station in 2019. Hannah and I were going through new hire orientation at World of Beer. After we finished orientation, Hannah and I sat next to each other at the bar and sampled all the beers on draft. As we were talking and getting to know each other, I knew right from the start that I wanted to be with this woman. How intentional she was with getting to know me, her smile, how she laughed, it felt like we had been friends forever. Unfortunately, that is exactly what she saw me as... just a friend.

What felt like years (in reality 3 months), I had to dig myself out of the friend zone hell hole she threw me in! However, it was definitely worth every second of that. We had hung out a few times outside of work but never went on an official date. Finally, after some wise advice from my sister, I asked her on a "date" without labeling it one (because I knew she would probably freak out). We went to see IT Chapter Two and once it was over, we got in my truck and spent hours talking about everything from our craziest dreams to sharing our favorite song lyrics. After that night, I knew she was the one.

Within a month, it was no secret that we both planned on being together for a very, very long time. We were quick to make plans to spend Christmas meeting each others families which included spending a few days in San Antonio and then flying to Minnesota to experience my first Midwest winter.

About 4 months into our relationship, Hannah accepted a full time job with AT&T which relocated her to Dallas. Although we were both so excited and happy for that new adventure, there was another pressing thought that loomed over our heads: our relationship was about to become long distance.

Hannah moved at the end of January 2020 and I stayed in College Station to pursue school. We certainly made the most of it with our Facetime movie dates and continuous phone calls. The heartbreak of living far apart felt like it would never end until it did in March 2020 when the world shut down. Once everything turned virtual, we were able to travel from Cstat to Dallas as often as we wanted and could stay as long as we wanted. Since then, we've pretty much never been apart ever since.

Marc officially moved to Dallas about a year later and that is when the real fun began. We were able to learn more about each other and really visualize a life together now that we lived in the same zip code again. About a year into our Dallas life, we decided to take our relationship to new heights and really put it to the test: we brought home a puppy.

Leading up to getting our furry companion, we couldn't decide on a name. We threw out a ton of ideas but nothing seemed right. Once we laid eyes on our new best friend for the first time, falling in love with both him and the moment, we knew his name had to pay homage to our relationship in some way. That is when we decided on Georgie, a character from the movie we saw on our first date.

Fast forward to 2023, and the 3 of us are living in Uptown Dallas enjoying life together. We are surrounded by the greatest friends, pursuing our careers and watching our favorite sitcoms on repeat. There was just one thing that seemed to be missing...

In January 2023, Marc put all of my closest friends in a group chat revealing his plan to propose in July. Over the next few months, he would spend lots of time & effort into ensuring a perfect proposal with the help of my closest people.

After a long six months of me nagging Marc every single day about our highly anticipated engagement, it finally comes time for us to venture up to Minnesota for our annual summer trip.

On the very last day of our trip, my sister, Liv, made plans for us to surprise her wife, Callie, with a sister brunch to celebrate her new job. Knowing the gushy romantic my sister is, I didn't think anything of her grand gesture to surprise her wife so I was absolutely down for that plan.

Before brunch, we have to make a pit stop to the arboretum to 'see Callie's grandma', at this point, my gut is telling me that Marc is about to propose.

We get to the arboretum and I said to myself, "if they lure me to the Rose Garden, I think it is definitely happening. Holy Sh-" (you get the gist).

Well, they bring me into the Rose Garden and at this point, I am kind of expecting it now. After all, we are standing in the same gazebo my parents got married in.(Marc, such a thoughtful sweetheart).

What I was not expecting, was to see all of our favorite people walk into the garden. Marc's family and closest friends traveled from Texas, my whole family was there, my friends flew in from Texas, and also my middle school best friends were there too.

In proper Hannah Tamminen fashion, I start freaking out and being my typical dramatic self so what did I do next? Ran away and started repeating "no, no, no, no, no" (probably the one word someone does not want to hear when they are down on one knee professing their undying love for someone).

Once I finally get it together, Marc popped the question and next thing I know, Dancing Queen starts blasting through the speaker and I am the happiest woman alive.

So there you have it... there's our story! Our first five years together have been the most beautiful glimpse of the wonderful life we have to look forward to. We can't wait to laugh at episodes of Modern Family and be best friends forever.