Lane’s Version-

Our journey together started where all great love stories begin; Chico State. We first became friends while working at the Chico State Dairy that in turn led to many nights making memories with our close group of friends. As we all were enjoying our last semester of college and taking in the moments that were fleeting by, I knew there was something special about Katy. After multiple conversations with Lalo (Best Man) I finally mustered up enough courage to ask Katy on a date which was apparently misinterpreted as “friends getting drinks”. During that summer, Katy and I spent many Fridays finding a place with good happy hour deals where we would talk about work, life, personal aspirations and everything in between. Come November of that year, I would find myself driving as quickly as I could back from Oklahoma to our first annual Friendsgiving to make sure I could see Katy and for the first time tell her how I actually felt and to my surprise, she responded with the same affections.

Over the next two years, our love continuously grew stronger while making memories doing all the things we both love; camping, hunting, fishing and hiking with our pups. In June 2023, we celebrated a huge milestone together as we purchased our house and together made ourselves a home. Shortly after Thanksgiving last year Katy, her brother Kevin and I took a trip to Butte Meadows in search of a Christmas tree; which was only half of the plan. After an extensive tree hunt in the cold, I was finally able to slow Katy down enough to pull out a ring that I had been hiding for months and asked her to be my bride. Hearing her say “yes” will be a moment I’ll never forget. After getting back home and calling all our family and close friends to tell them the good news, we knew the only proper way to celebrate was to find a good happy hour but this time as “fiancés getting drinks”.

Katy’s Version-

I will forever be grateful that Lane and my story began as coworkers, that turned into a friendship, that evolved into a relationship. When Lane and I worked at the dairy together, we spent our mornings milking cows and talking about the similar hobbies that we share and places that we have been. I admired his passion for the outdoors and his work ethic from the very beginning. We spent the remaining time in college having a good time with our amazing friend group and becoming closer as friends. As our friendship grew so did my feelings for Lane. Once our feelings came out, our relationship hit the road running as we quickly realized how well we worked together as a team due to our deep friendship and shared hobbies.

As time passed by our love grew deeper, memories of good times multiplied, our family grew larger with the addition of our golden retriever puppy, Hally, and our hopes for the future became a reality when Lane asked me to be his wife.

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