Cassie and Steve met on their first date at a Spanish tapas restaurant in Racine, WI. It was Cassie’s first year teaching and she was in grad school, so she was rarely in the mood to bar hop. But, something about Steve made Cassie want to stay out a little later than usual that night. After dinner, they went to a local pub where they ended up having their first kiss. Cassie blames the first-date-kiss on one too many Manhattans… And also the fact that she realized how much she liked him right away!

Three years later, Steve proposed on the anniversary of that first date. His surprise went according to plan! He told Cassie that they didn’t have enough nice photos together and that he had set up a photo shoot with a family friend to rectify it. In the midst of the adorable downtown session, Steve got down on one knee and popped the question!