Nick & Val

Nicholas Allen Prymek was born on August 14, 1988, to Dan and Diane Prymek in Des Moines, Iowa. He is the youngest child in his family and has two older siblings, Megan and Mike. Nick grew up in Des Moines. Nick comes from a long line of Union Laborers and joined the 'family business' in 2010 when he accepted a position with Iowa Lecet, a labor management trust fund. At Iowa Lecet, Nick works in compliance and marketing for the laborer's union and their signatory contractors.

Nick's favorite color is red and his favorite food is popcorn. He loves the Chicago Blackhawks, duck hunting, fishing, and his beautiful fiance. He also enjoys golfing, movies, and car races.

Valerie Ann Foote was born on November 5, 1987, to Duane and Janet Foote in San Diego, California. She has two siblings; an older brother, Douglas, and a younger brother, Gregory. Val grew up in Naperville, Illinois. She went to college in Tennessee and following her graduation in 2009, moved to Iowa to begin law school. Val graduated from Drake Law in 2012 and currently practices workers' compensation defense law at a firm in West Des Moines.

Val's favorite color is green and her favorite food is soup. She loves music, travel, event planning, and DIY projects. Her obsessions are her dogs and her handsome fiance.

August 25, 2013 began like any other day. Val and her friends went out to their favorite spot for cocktails and dancing. Unbeknownst to her, Nick and his friends were headed to the same place. In fact, Nick and Val both frequented that particular downtown hangout every weekend, but had somehow never met one another. They'd later piece together that they had seen and talked to each other's friends- but more on that later. On August 25, 2013, the bar was preparing to close. The DJ was playing the last few songs of the night, and Nick was preparing to leave to head home for the night. He was on his way out the door when he looked back at the dance floor- and something caught his eye. It was Val on the dance floor! (What really caught Nick's eye was the florescent green hat she was wearing that said "awesome" across the front- but more on that later) Nick turned around and headed back in, making a bee line for Val on the dance floor. They shared the last two dances of the evening, and when the lights came up, they exchanged phone numbers and went their separate ways. Neither knew that their lives would be forever changed from that chance meeting! Almost four years later, they're preparing to head down the aisle!

10-10-15 was the best day! It's the day that Nick asked Val to be his wife, and-
spoiler alert- she said yes.

Here's the story of the proposal.

Autumn is Val's favorite season, so it was inevitable that she'd drag Nick to a pumpkin patch and corn maze at some point in October. On October 10, 2015, Nick suggested that they head out to the pumpkin patch in Winterset, Iowa. The drive out there was strange- Nick was barely talking, and Val assumed that he was quiet because he wasn't enthused about all of the fall fun at the pumpkin patch. Little did she know, he was trying to rehearse in his head how to pop the question!

They arrived at the pumpkin patch and Nick suggested that they explore the corn maze first. They entered the maze and proceeded to get really, really really lost. Nick claims that he knew where they were the whole time, but Val isn't the best with directions. She was trying to find her way back to the beginning, and Nick stopped her a few times to tell her that he loved her. She thought this was odd, but was more intent on finding her way out of the maze! Suddenly, Nick realized that she had nearly found her way back to the entrance, and decided "now or never". He said "I have something to ask you." Val turned around and Nick had dropped to a knee. He says that his mind blanked at that point, because he had apparently worked up a whole speech in his head but just blurted "will you marry me?" and held out the most beautiful ring that Val had ever seen. Val was completely taken by surprise- so much so that she didn't immediately answer 'yes'... she burst into tears instead and asked Nick, "are you sure?" He laughed, they hugged, she cried, she said yes somewhere in there, and they walked out of the corn maze an engaged couple. The shock still hadn't worn off for Val, so she suggested going out to the pumpkin patch. They walked over and got in line to take the tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch when reality set in a bit. Val turned to Nick and said "wait a second, we just got engaged, what are we doing here?! I have to call my mom!" They left the pumpkin patch that day without any pumpkins- but with a fiancee!

Can't wait! What we're each looking forward to most about the wedding and our lives together.

Would it be appropriate to just say 'everything'?

More later- this story is still a work in progress. Please check back for updates!