Blake and I first met in 2014 at the beginning of the semester at Northwest Missouri State University. We were both in the same Thursday afternoon class: Diet and Nutrition Behavior. A class we had both last minute decided to pick up for the semester. Due to adding the class late, we had both missed day one. When I sat down in front of him and asked what I had missed the week before, he wasn't much help. After a few online quiz study sessions and the help of a mutual friend, Blake finally got the courage to call me and ask me out. Our first date was a Friday night (November 7th to be exact) and the night before my first big teacher test I would ever take. He took me to dinner, the batting cages, out to get ice cream, and a walk around our gorgeous campus. We ended up staying up until 3 am laughing and talking and learning more about each other- despite the fact that my alarm was going off at 5:30 am. I ended up passing all 4 sections of my test that next day and Blake was the first person I told. He said it meant that our dating was good luck and the rest was history.


Over the last three years of our relationship we have gone on countless dates, continued to take classes together and study, been too formals, and watched lots of baseball. Then we each graduated college, survived long distance- twice, and have gotten our first real "big-kid" jobs.We’ve travelled to 11 states, played endless amounts of card games, enjoyed time with our family and friends, and had countless adventures together.


On December 19, 2017 Blake came to my first Kindergarten classroom, and with the help of my 17 students, got down on one knee and asked me marry him. With happy tears I instantly and excitedly said yes. We cannot wait to continue our adventures together for the rest of our lives.