Kenzie's perspective:

Let’s go back to May of 2023! Mason and I met at Menards, where we both work. Mason and I had seen each other in passing a few times. I thought he was cute and told his sister. Mason texts me on messenger and says “hi.” I responded with “what do you want? “He continued talking to me (props to him because I would have blocked him if it were the other way around). From there we went on a first date to a hiking trail. I took Nash for safety because who in their right mind meets a guy, she doesn’t know for a walk at a private trail. From then we were inseparable. He moved in with me a few months into dating. Then we got a dog together. He is named Finley and a delight to have in our lives. Mason asked my parents, sister, and papa to marry me in the following May. In June, Mason and Maddie (my sister) went ring shopping and they picked out the PERFECT ring!! That July on vacation he asked me to marry him. He did research before we got there to hire a photographer and then also took the time to find a pretty beach to have our beautiful pictures done at! I was totally shocked because I had asked mason and kept making jokes that we were coming back home engaged and he said, Kenzie I promise were not. So, when he got down on one knee my mind was totally blown. He was so calm the whole day and never slipped up about anything that was happening that night. We of course called our people and told them, and they were all so excited for us! After that I told Mason we couldn’t get married until I finished my degree. So, I set a date to get married October of 2026, but in September of 2024 I changed my mind and moved our wedding up a year. We bought a house in October of 2024 which we love, and our dogs are so so happy! Our love story is so very simply and my favorite!

Mason's perspective:

Let’s take a trip down memory lane where it all began. In May of 2023 I had sent a text on messenger “hi, how are you” and immediately was hit with a “what do you want” text. Threw me off on why she said that, but I didn’t let that stop the conversation we would have. So, I ended up still texting her and had asked if she wanted to hang out, she came up with the idea of going on a hike. I found it kinda weird to go on, but I still did let’s do it. Our walk turned out good and she invited me over to her place and we just sat on the couch and watched Shameless (pretty weird show to watch). After a few months of dating, we ended up moving in together. In October of 2023, her brother had asked if I wanted to try out a sport called disc golf. Who knew I would actually love it, not my bank account lol. During that month she had asked if I wanted to try and go to church. I wasn’t religious at all but now we’ve been going every time we can make it and in February I went and got baptized. I could think her enough for bring me closer with God. During Christmas of 2023 I ended up gifting her one of “Angels” Finley. I had adopt him from the human society and now every day he always has the biggest smile on his face. In March of 2024 we were camping with her family and when her parents had walked away from where we all were I had got up a few minutes later and I had asked for her hand and as you can tell they both said yes. During the next few months, she would make jokes about me proposing and even say “I bet you $100 that I say no when you ask me.” So, I had took her up on that bet and on July 11, 2024, I had asked her the big question. No surprise she said yes but I still haven’t received that $100. I did some research on that vacation to plan a beautiful spot and to have a photographer to take picture and they did a great job hiding it. After she said yes we’d had to do our normal thing after big this and that of course would be getting ice cream. Now we’ve bought a house and we’re both achieving our dreams in life together.