The couple's paths crossed when Max was visiting the Genoa area for his beloved bass fishing in 2015. During this trip, a rare tornado hit the lacrosse area.

Max and his dad went to La Crosse to take cover and eat at a restaurant just a few blocks from Kim's first house. The couple linked on social media and continued to follow each other for the next several years. In 2017 they decided to really give this relationship a shot. They began dating when Max was attending college in Iowa City. After a few years of long-distance dating and a handful of college degrees, Kimmy and Max purchased their first home, a cabin in the woods of Westby, Wisconsin; the two of them and their beloved dog Tatum. Both Kimmy and Max took jobs in their fields out of Lacrosse, WI where they both still happily work. Towards the end of the cabin years, the couple added their little grumpy cat Moosie to the mix. The couple eventually decided they would be much happier closer to the Mississippi river and closer to their jobs. They purchased their forever home in 2022 just a few miles up the road from Max's first stay that brought the couple together, in Genoa, Wisconsin. In June of 2023, God gave Max some heaven sent whether when he was taking Kimmy out on the Mississippi to get some family pictures with Tatum. Max had a big surprise up his sleeve (and the most STUNNING ring.) The boys asked Kimmy to marry him, and the entire experience was captured in photo by their phenomenal friend Este.

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