Our story begins in November of 2022 when I was on a silly little app called Hinge & came across Patrick's profile. I saw 6'5 and immediately had to swipe right. Pat was quite thrilled to see a cute blonde send him a like. A few days of chatting with each other went by and Pat finally asked me to dinner at Wilde Bar in Lakeview. (Fun fact this is where we shot some of our engagement pictures!)

The night of November 28th, 2022 I remember seeing a very cute tall man standing outside Wilde Bar from my Uber and saying to myself 'I wish that was my date' newsflash that WAS my date. After 5 hours of talking and laughing at dumb jokes and our sad love for the Bears, we started to hear chairs flipping and quickly realized we had shut down the restaurant. We both left that date knowing this was going to be something special. Especially after I showed my friends Pat's profile and remember my friend Marissa telling me "this is the exact type of guy I pictured you with"

As time went on there have been countless memories that we have made together. From both of our first times traveling out of the country together, endless mini golf dates (I think I'm still in the lead, right Pat?) seeing our favorite artists perform, spending summer weekends in Wisconsin, and our love for piano bars, we decided it was time to leave the city life and get our first apartment together in Elmhurst, IL back in April of 2024.

Fast forward to first weekend in October, Pat suggested we go up to my parents house in Wisconsin to help my mom put up her Halloween decorations. That Saturday October 5th, Pat said we should go to a nice dinner at Pier 290 in Williams Bay, but before dinner we just HAD to go see this cool spot right by the lake in Lake Geneva. When we pulled up to this "cool spot" I spotted a photographer and thought oh it is happening!!! Well we walked right past that photographer who was taking senior portraits.... all my hopes went out the window. After taking a selfie by the lake together I started to get hangry and wanted to get to dinner to eat a steak. We made our way back to the entrance where that photographer was and Pat made me stop so he could take my picture. I annoyingly agreed and turned around and apologized to the photographer (not realizing she was actually there for us) for getting in their way. After he took the picture he asked me to come look at the it, but put his phone away and grabbed my hands and got down on one knee!!!! The easiest yes of my life!

And to think this all happened because of a silly little app.

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