It all started on New Year's Eve, 2021. Reid’s best friend since elementary school, Maddy, decided to introduce us at a party at my cousin Grant and his wife Kayla's house. For me, I knew there was something about him that immediately caught my attention, but what I didn’t know was that I had just met my future husband. Reid, however, knew instantly and says it was love at first sight. We were both invited to multiple parties at my cousins house throughout that year, and when we saw each other, we both were too nervous to make a move so we kept the conversations short and surface level. Ten months later in October, we were at yet another party, and I finally decided to make the move and have a deeper conversation with him. We exchanged numbers the next morning and started dating in November.

I lived in Grosse Pointe Woods and Reid lived in Grand Rapids, two and a half hours away. In the beginning, every weekend we would drive to Lansing as a half way date and started to wonder what our future would look like. Lansing dates turned into weekend long visits, and in May of 2024, I decided to make the move to Grand Rapids.

After just over a year of living together and making countless memories, Reid proposed at MSU Gardens in June 2025, and now we can’t wait to celebrate with everyone on August 8, 2026.