Our first date was interesting due to many factors. First, Madi was already committed to moving to Wilmington, NC later that week. When trying to figure out when to go on our first date, we had to plan around Madi moving, Warren's coaching schedule (Warren coached youth club soccer), and our soccer scheduled (we both played in multiple soccer leagues-one coed league together). The only date we both had available, before Madi moved was February 14th (yes Valentine's Day) after Warren's practice. We went to Chili's, so Madi could get a cookie skillet for dessert. Madi tried to make it as lowkey as possible with it being Valentine's Day. Warren was super sweet and still gave Madi a bag of her favorite candy (reese's cups).

Now, we make it a Valentine's Day tradition to go to Chili's and get a cookie skillet.

After our first date, we did long distance for 1 year. Both of us making many trips back and forth from Wilmington, NC to Greensboro, NC.

In March 2024, Madi moved back to Greensboro and moved in with Warren in his tiny 1 bedroom apartment. A few months later, they moved into their own apartment with much more space!

Warren decided to propose at Wildwood, NJ. Madi's family has been vacationing here every year. The last few years, Barefoot Country Music Festival has been at Wildwood. Warren had been coming with Madi's family to attend the beach concert for the last 2 years. He wanted to propose at Wildwood because he knew how special of a place it was to Madi. He planned to do it in front of the Wildwood sign. The plan was to walk on the boardwalk to go play mini golf, so that we had to walk past the sign. Madi was clueless and confused why we had to walk out of the way to mini golf. Once we got to the sign, Warren asked for Madi's family to take a picture of them. Once we were in position, he got down on one knee and popped the question. It was perfect!