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She also thanked him for being, \"the loving, generous, thoughtful, patient, fun, funny, spontaneous, talented, smart, and uber attractive man, that I get to walk through life with.\"

\"This journey we are on.... it’s a really really good one,\" she ended the note. \"I love you.\"

The couple are longtime friends, but publicly confirmed their relationship at the beginning of 2018.

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“That’s going to be a good one.”📸 “How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?... Yeah... Coach woulda put me in fourth quarter, we would've been state champions. No doubt. No doubt in my mind.”🏈 I didn’t dress up enough for Halloween in the past, it’s fun! 🙌🏼🎃👻 ps-fanny packs for life. Props to @abulaga75 and Brian for being Aaron and I! Nailed it! And to the one night stand and Judge/Altuve for being the costume winners! Oh! .....and the creepy guy who ate paper, sticks, and whatever else he could find to shock us! 😳

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In a November 2019 appearance on \"Strahan, Sara and Keke,\" Patrick spoke about how she sometimes gets nervous when she's watching him play.

\"I especially get nervous when he's still holding onto the ball,\" she shared with a laugh. \"Let go of the ball! Stop holding on to the ball! Somebody is coming at you.\"

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