Picture the scene: Central Illinois, at the height of the pandemic. Kenton recently returned to Illinois to live, Kate is sent to work on the pandemic for IEMA. They meet....sparks fly.....no one could ever accuse Springfield of being a romantic city (it's not Paris!) but somehow, we both knew that this was the place for us and that fate had definitely had a hand in making us meet! And once we met, it was inevitable. No matter what we thought or anyone else thought, this love was GOING to happen! And everyone who saw us together says the same thing : it is so obvious you belong together! So, the May-December thing bothered us about a minute, then we knew it could not define us. And the rest, is as they say: history! He proposed with an amazing rose gold morganite ring ( who could say no?) at the restaraunt we had our first date in! Very romantic! The house followed, then an epic job for Kenton and finally we were ready to brin Giuseppe home! We love our life, and all the folks in it!