“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 […]

She drew a hard line and lived by the rule that she wouldn’t date anyone she worked with. So when she transferred to the Coralville Hy-Vee, she didn’t think twice about him. In fact, he had been on vacation when she started and by the time he got back, she had preconceived ideas about who he was […]

I wish every single one of you could meet this couple. They shine with love and beauty. They’ve been together since high school and the longevity of their relationship has given them a stability and comfort with each other that it so beautiful to watch. Their wedding day shone bright as an end cap to […]

They both described their feelings after their first date the same way, “I was hooked!” They had met for dinner and they both recall the evening being so easy. The conversation, the laughter, and their common likes and dislikes. She says she knew he was the one right away. She’s not much of a fairytale […]