Matt & Janelle

Our Story

How We Met

It was a rainy day in Winkler, Sunday July 30th, 2006. Matt was at Dairy Queen with some of his friends. Matt was standing by the counter when Janelle walked in with Shawn, Wendy and Amy. They had stopped in at Dairy Queen for some ice cream after going for a walk and looking for guys for Janelle. Janelle saw a guy wearing a white hat and asked Wendy "What about that guy"? Wendy and Shawn then told Janelle that his name was Matt. They ordered their ice cream and went to sit at the table beside Matt and his friends. Shawn and Wendy began telling Janelle some things about Matt. Matt had played hockey on Shawn's team 2 years earlier and Matt is also a relative of Wendy's. After talking about Matt for awhile, Janelle, Shawn, Wendy and Amy decided they should go home since it was raining quite hard and they had a fair distance to walk. While they were walking, Shawn texted Matt's friend Jonathan and asked him what Matt's cell phone number was. After a few minutes when they had gotten Matt's cell number, they began texting him from Shawn and Wendy's phone. Wendy was having a great time pretending to be Janelle and kept forgetting to tell Janelle what they were all talking about. After a short text conversation they went their separate ways. The next day, Monday, their conversation continued and Matt and Janelle had soon arranged to meet the next day. They agreed to go mini golfing. They met there and the rest is history!

The Proposal

It was Tuesday, September 16 and Matt, Janelle and Janelle's parents had just gotten back from Morden, where they had picked up their dining room table and chairs for their first house. Everyone helped unload it all from the trucks and into Janelle's parents basement. When they were all done, Matt asked Janelle if she wanted to go for a walk or drive. She agreed and out the door they went. They started driving out of town and Matt asked Janelle where the coolest place she had ever been to look at the stars. Janelle replied saying she had only been in her backyard. Matt proceeded to ask Janelle if she would like to go somewhere cool to look at the stars since it was such a clear night. She of course agreed and they continued driving. They dropped Matt's dads truck off at their house and got into Matt's car. Janelle was getting suspicious at this point but just pushed that to the back of her mind and enjoyed the ride. They drove to one of Matt's dads fields in the Pembina Hills. They got out of the car and Matt got a blanket and his violin out of the car trunk. They walked for a bit on the field until they found a good spot to sit. Janelle sat on the blanket looking at the stars while Matt played his violin for her. He played for awhile and then sat down on the blanket with Janelle. They talked about all kind of things and while they were talking, Janelle kept wondering when the big question was going to come. Matt then told Janelle that he had bought her something for their anniversary. She told him that that was dumb and that he was supposed to be saving money for the house they had bought. He then pulled out a little box, opened it up and asked Janelle to marry him. Janelle of course said yes and had the ring put on her finger. They continued to sit there in awe of what had just happened. Janelle couldn't keep her eyes off of her ring, as she thought it was the most beautiful ring she had ever seen!