They grew up in a small town–her right across the road from his grandparents’ farm–and have known each other since elementary school. “We went to the same high school, hung out with the same crowd, and she even cheered during my basketball games,” he says. “Those years paved the way for our relationship today. Even […]

Oh, how I loved meeting these two! They came in from Chicago for a fun, packed weekend of wedding planning and photos! I met them at the Marriott and then we walked to the Iowa River Landing Wetland Park that’s right behind the hotel. I asked her what she most admires about him. She said, […]

“I was on a bus in Florence. I was living there for a semester abroad, studying studio art and art history and language and being in my hands-down favorite city ever, getting a taste of everything life on my own could be at its very finest, and I was sitting on the bus realizing that […]

It was during their Junior year of college at Augustana when they first met. They casually dated that year, she says, but went their separate ways at the end of the year. It didn’t take long, however, before she realized how much she missed him and just wanted to be with him. They began dating […]

She turned him down on his first three requests for a date. She wanted to make sure he was truly interested. He was definitely interested and didn’t give up. Their first date was really laid back–like them–and they ended up spending hours outside on the deck talking. “We wanted to put everything out on the table […]

They first met at her cousin’s wedding. During the reception, he says he got the courage to ask her to dance. She adds, “I didn’t notice him until that night when he asked me to dance and I couldn’t keep my eyes off of him.” It was not long after that he knew she was […]