and we knew they would be together. >> what's more, with nathan admired denise's parents and was inspired by what he saw as a perfect marriage. >> i looked at denise's mom and i saw what she was as a woman, a wife, a mother. and i saw that denise really favored her mother. so i said, that's why. want >> for denise's mom, diane newton, the feeling was mutual. was he over all the time? >> yes. he practically lived at our house. >> when denise went off to college in minnesota, nathan, a year younger, soon followed. to no one surprise, the couple got engaged a year later. diane knew it was coming. >> i was surprised when he was the first one that she dated and they ended up getting married. >> that was in july 1995. >> i was always very happy being a wife and mother. so, i was happy for her that she had found someone to love. to share her life with. >> right before we did our vows, denise had prepared a song talking about everything that she had wanted was in me. and that our marriage was going to be the kind that she had always hope for, and dreamed for as a little child.