2010
2012
Middle School
Joe and Joanne first met in August 2010, in middle school. They both went to Bernard Campbell Middle School in Lee’s Summit, MO. They played the video game Minecraft together. They had a history class together in 8th grade. Joe sat in front of Joanne and had many shenanigans.
Aug 2012
May 2013
Freshman Year
Freshman year of high school! Joe and Joanne had biology class together. Joe was in choir and Joanne was in band, so they saw each other in the music hallway.
Aug 2013
May 2014
Sophomore Year
Sophomore year of high school. Joe and Joanne had english class together. Joe was in choir and Joanne was in band, so they often spoke with each other in the music hallway.
Aug 2014
May 2015
Junior Year
Junior Year of high school. Joe started taking computer networking classes at Summit Technology Academy and was recruited into a cybersecurity extracurricular by Mrs. Oyler called CyberPatriot. Joanne started taking online computer classes, also taught by Mrs. Oyler, and recruited her into an all girls team for CyberPatriot. Little did Joe and Joanne know, they would be competing against each other in this extracurricular!
Aug 2015
May 2016
Senior Year
Joe and Joanne still saw each other in the music hallway even though he was not in choir anymore, but he hung around for other reasons *cough cough* he had a crush on Joanne *cough cough*. During this season of CyberPatriot, they were on the same team and found themselves growing closer. The two even considered each other to be best friends. A week before senior prom, neither Joe nor Joanne had a date. Joanne was getting anxious. She asked her best friend Hanna if she should ask Joe, to which she replied “yes”. Joe had considered asking Joanne to prom, but assumed she would turn him down. When Joanne asked Joe to prom, he was pleasantly surprised and said “of course I’ll go to prom with you!” At first, Joanne said she just wanted to go as friends, and Joe respected that. They started talking more and ended up making it official. It just made sense and felt right. 💖 In May, they both graduated from Lee’s Summit North High School as Class of 2016.
May 2016
Aug 2020
Summer Lovin'
Joanne jumped right into college by taking 7 credit hours at Metropolitan Community College-Longview. Joe had been accepted into University of Missouri-Columbia (or Mizzou), but he didn’t start until the fall. When Joanne wasn’t in class, the new couple spent pretty much every moment they could together. To quote the musical Grease, “Summer lovin’, had me a blast // Summer lovin’ happened so fast”.
Aug 2016
May 2020
College
When Joe left for college, they were both sad and nervous. Joanne stayed in Lee’s Summit to finish her Associates at MCC. Their relationship turned long distance, and they really missed each other. They stayed in constant contact via text message, and Joanne would take the train from Lee’s Summit to Jefferson City. Joe would pick her up from the train station and they would spend weekends together. Joe and Joanne supported each other through the stress of college and some rocky paths, and their relationship grew stronger. Joanne graduated in December 2019, while Joe graduated in May 2020
May 2020
Present
Present
Once Joe graduated, he and Joanne were finally reunited. They both had full-time jobs and spent time together when they could. After saving up some money, they moved in together in August 2021. On January 24th, 2023, Joe popped the question. Joanne was surprised because she didn’t think this was going to happen any time soon. She said yes (of course) and here we are now. :)