Like any good love story, ours begins on the city bus. Veronica and I met on the Madison Metro #2 on our way home from nursing school. After a week of flirting, we had our first date. We got coffee, walked through the park, and talked for hours! It was the sunburn that cut our 4-hour first date short. A few weeks later, we would become official.

Fast forward to the end of nursing school, and we embarked on a new journey together. We both got jobs working at the Mayo Clinic and moved to Rochester, Minnesota. It was here that our relationship flourished after moving in, starting our careers, and adopting Steele's pride and joy, Winifred (our cat).

Steele would propose this past summer with multiple layers of pizazz in July. After we both had to work through Veronica's birthday, Steele planned a celebration. While Veronica thought we were celebrating her birthday, she did not know that Steele planned on proposing.

We walked through the park and "ran into" our friend (who was our planted photographer). After giving a speech recounting their journey, Steele got down on one knee and asked Veronica to marry him. Veronica's reaction tells you how surprised she was. (see the above photo)

After saying "yes," her first reaction was to call her mom, Jenn. However, here is where the pizzaz, as mentioned earlier, comes into play. Steele told Veronica if you wait 20 minutes, you can tell her in person.

Jenn, Maria, and Mateo were coming to Rochester to surprise Veronica for her birthday, but they did not know that they would shortly be celebrating her very recent engagement. Up until this moment, Veronica was unaware that they were coming at all.

After a glorious weekend celebrating and calling all of our family, we are proud to invite and celebrate our marriage with all of you.

V&S

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception