This past summer, Jim and Karen Boots of Redwood Falls received a request from their son, Collin, to Skype with them. The day was June 19, 2019. According to Karen, they had just chatted with Collin the week before, and so they thought another conversation was a little unusual. This time when they saw him on the screen his girlfriend, Jessica Byington, was with him, and they then found out why that meeting was so important. Collin and Jessica were announcing their engagement. Plans began immediately, and, because their son lives in California, Jim and Karen also started their own plans to make a trip to the west coast...
