We met close to the end of 2019 while we were both in school at UTC. After a few days of being around each other, we became inseparable and soon began dating in 2020. A year later (almost exactly), Chase proposed during a vacation to Montana in 2021. A few months later, Chase was deployed. It was incredibly hard on both of us. We had to learn to be apart after spending almost every day together. Messages and video chats here and there were all that we had for nearly 11 months.

Chase retuned in February of 2022, and we are so excited to begin our life together as the Cooks!