It all began in February 2022 when we first crossed paths online. What started as a casual chat quickly blossomed into something far more exciting. Over the last few years, we’ve enjoyed living our lives together at concerts, attending hockey and football games, pushing each other in our careers, enjoying lazy weekend days at home with each other, and embracing one wild adventure after another. Along the way, we created a home together and even welcomed three adorable pets into the family!

Then, on August 5, 2024, while on vacation in Traverse City, Michigan, Braden proposed. It was a quiet, intimate moment on the beach—just the two of us, the sound of the waves, and the perfect sense of what’s to come as we step into the next chapter of our love story.