They actually met through their moms. Both Lauren and Burton were still in college and their moms would always tell them how they needed to meet each other. They finally did over Christmas break at Dan and Kerrie's life group. Lauren thought Burton was super handsome with an attractive personality. Burton thought Lauren was beautiful with a caring persona. They returned back to school a couple days later. Lauren had one more semester to finish up before graduating and Burton was going into his second semester of Junior year. Then Burton made the first move and sent Lauren the facebook friend request... they started talking and texting throughout the rest of the semester. After Lauren graduated and both went back to Colorado for the summer, Burton asked Lauren out on a couple dates. They hit it off right from the start and they knew this was something special. They fell in love quickly that summer. Burton had 1 more year of school to finish up back out in Nebraska. They decided to do a long distance relationship. That year was accompanied by lots of FaceTime calls, many road trips out to Nebraska for Lauren and Vickie and many weekend trips to Colorado for Burton. Looking back now, long distance wasn't very hard for them because they built their relationship on trust. The only concern they had was how many days were left until they could be back together again. That year flew by and before they knew it Burton was graduating and moving back to Colorado. They both started full time jobs in the fall of 2017. They continued to fall in love as they both started their adult life's together. After dating almost 2 years, Burton proposed to Lauren on March 11, 2018, a day both of them will never forget. Shaking from the nerves, he put the ring on her finger as she was crying tears of joy. It's been a never ending celebration since then. Which brings us to this moment! We both are very excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you. See you on October 20th!