We first met when we were fifteen/sixteen years old- playing soccer for Oklahoma Futbol Club - OFC. We had the same coach for roughly three years, we traveled together & had practices together probably 2-3 times a week & games on the weekends. Conner would never talk to me.. he claimed to be "to shy", which knowing him now I don't believe, not even a little bit. We worked one summer together at White Water Bay, I would say hi to him and he would just look down or the other way. Over the next couple of years we messaged back & forth on Facebook every now and then, but one day Conner stopped replying to me.

Fast forward SIX years to October of 2019, we matched on Tinder. Yes Tinder. We messaged back and forth again for a few days, and started to slowly add each other on social media- snap chat, instagram, twitter.

We then decided to go on our first date on November 4th 2019. We went to Chick-Fil-A, HeyDay & then went to a movie afterwards. At the time I was living 3 hours away & it was hard to do a new long-distance relationship. But we decided to try and make it work, it was hard & challenging, but we did it. I met his family & we started officially dating on November 30th 2019.

We did long distance for a full year. Me traveling to Oklahoma City to see & spend time with him, him coming to Woodward to see me. We went to A LOT of soccer tournaments, where I met his second family. They were & still are the best group of people I have ever met.

In August of 2020 we made our first "big purchase" as a couple. We got our Golden Retriever baby girl Luna. This was a whole new challenge for us, we had to switch her back & forth between Oklahoma City & Woodward, but neither of us would have had it any other way.

When December of 2020 came around, my parents took us to Mexico for Christmas & I moved to Oklahoma City to be with Conner & Luna girl full time. This was a big adjustment for both of us, but we made it work. We saved up for six moths, lived with his parents & then in May of 2021 we got our first official place together.

We loved our apartment, it was exciting & new for both of us. A lot of new adventures. The old saying "you never know someone until you live with them" was true on so many different levels - for both of us. We lived together & learned a lot about each other, the good & the bad, but in the end we brought the best out in each other and learned to love each other through everything. In October, we add another fur baby to our family. Luka, a toy Australian Shepherd - she was the perfect sister for Luna.

Fast forward all the way forward to July 2022, we moved out of our apartment & into a two bedroom condo. We both had "big kid jobs" and were in a great place in our relationship. We had learned a lot about each other over the course of three years. In November of 2022 we celebrated 3 years of dating and in April 2023 on Easter, Conner asked my dad for permission to marry me- of course he said yes.

May of 2023 we had a family trip planned for San Fransisco, California for my brothers military ceremony. Conner had always asked me what was most important to me about when he proposed. I always said, I want my family to be there, if not there then close by to celebrate with them afterwards.

On June 2nd, 2023, we spent the day in Napa going to wineries, then we met my family at Crissy Field Park in downtown San Fransisco. My brother & brother in law asked me to take a picture of them with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. When I turned around, there was Conner, on one knee with the most beautiful ring in his hand. He asked me to marry him & of course I said yes!

On June 1st 2024, in front of our closest family and friends we will marry each other & begin a new life journey together. Over the past three and a half years, we have worked through so many obstacles, ups & downs, goods & bads. We have learned to love each other for who we are, who we have been as individuals & who we will be as a married couple. I cannot wait to see what our future holds.

"The house don't fall when the bones are good." - Maren Morris "The Bones"