Four years ago, in the middle of August, Michael and Kalie swiped right and took a chance on a stranger. Though the very first messages they shared were passing judgment about their respective football teams, they soon found common ground beyond the NFL.

Michael and Kalie shared their love for movies and infamous movie quotes, brunch, and bottomless mimosas, and they bonded over their love for Tasker and Fox (their pups - ‘the boys’).

Halloween and Thanksgiving passed by, and with Christmas spent apart, it started to show very clearly how close they had become. Just days before the clock struck midnight on a new year, the two shared their first “I love you.”

A little ahead of one’s prospective schedule, Kalie and Tasker moved in with Michael and Fox, calling downtown their new home. Their years living in the city brought weddings, happy hours, house parties, and holidays, and the line between Michael’s friends and Kalie’s friends began to blur as they all became closer. Each of their families eagerly and whole-heartedly accepted the other.

When the four began to feel as though they had outlived the downtown loft, house hunting went underway. Not long after, Kalie, Michael, Tasker, and Fox packed up and moved up north, across the river. The boys fell fast for all the grass, trees, and deer, and Michael and Kalie have spent their free time in the community on the lake, or dominating at pickleball.

With the family in their new home, having this life forever started to feel easy and full of content, and impossible to be without. In May 2023, Michael and Kalie found themselves in Cozumel, Mexico, visiting Kalie’s favorite fountain dedicated to the island’s divers. Michael got down on one knee, and changed both their lives forever.

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