Kenneth & Michelle

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For Thanksgiving 2019, we traveled to my (Kenneth's) home town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the first time in our three years of dating to visit my family. On Thanksgiving morning, I had my brother (a photographer) take photos of us at different landmarks around the city. I told my then Fiancé Michelle that we would frame these photos to hang in our newly purchased home. On our last stop, we took photos on a beautiful bridge where I got down on one knee to ask Michelle to spend the rest of our days together. Thanksgiving day, also happened to be Michelle’s parents 33rd wedding anniversary – so her first thought was to call her parents – who live in Pennsylvania – to share the good news! I asked her to wait to call family until we arrived at my grandmother’s house – and when we did, not only was there a surprise engagement party, but her parents had flown to Milwaukee to make the experience even sweeter.