Date: March 10th, 2024

Place: Red Wing, MN

Steps Walked: 16,493

Jonathan's first impression: She's too guarded. Why won't she take off her sunglasses? Why is there a 'P' in Sampson's name?

Amy's first impression: He's too flirty. Is his phone actually broken or is this a manipulation tactic? Why is he talking so much?

(love at first sight, obviously)

But we laughed a little about shared experiences with renters and Amy finally took off her sunglasses for a late lunch. At which time Jonathan stared into her retinas and fell in love. (Just kidding. Not yet!)

For some reason, we kept communicating a bit via Facetime. This escalated to communicating a lot via Facetime. A couple of weeks later, Jonathan visited Amy in Rochester for a very long date (nine hours!).

Over the weeks that followed, Amy's sleep and Jonathan's work productivity both dropped 25%. We did our best to keep the oil companies in business with frequent trips between Rochester and New Brighton. Get-togethers ranged from 5 to 10 hours, yet we found that we didn't get tired of each other! When meeting each others' friends didn't scare the other away, things became a bit more serious. (Jonathan's friends made a valiant effort and Amy's friends mostly just thought Jonathan was bad at Spikeball. Jonathan maintains that he was "going easy on them")

April 30th, 2024: Jonathan finally convinced Amy to be his girlfriend!

We spent the months that followed playing pickleball, walking Sampson, going on bike rides, getting to know each others' friends & families, and avoiding speeding tickets on Highway 52.

And now we're inviting you to our wedding. Life is wild. We're so excited to celebrate with you.

Wedding Party

Wedding Party coming soon!