Ali and Conner’s love story, in Ali’s own words

The backwards story of us…

We met in gym class at Nippersink Middle School but it wasn’t until homecoming our freshman year of high school did we actually get to know each other. We were the first people to a party at a mutual friends house and just for picture purposes Conner was asked to put his arm around me. I’m not sure how we started talking but phone calls lead to meeting up to go bike riding and before you know it we were the best of friends. We would do everything together and there was never a dull moment. We both knew there was something more there but didn’t act on it until after high school. Then on July 10, 2011 our fate seemed to be sealed.

I went to Illinois State University while Conner stayed home and worked. I then had the crazy idea to apply to Arizona State University and Conner worked his butt off to get us there. He saved up enough money to get us an apartment in Chandler, AZ. It was the best experience ever.

While in Arizona we found out we would be welcoming a beautiful baby girl into the world in November of 2013. Knowing the challenges of raising a child so far from family, we decided to move back to Illinois.

So here we are, 1 child, 2 states, 3 homes (2 apartments and 1 house), 5 Disney trips (one included a proposal), and 8 years later we decided to make it official.