Although they prefer to tell people they "reached for the same avocado at the grocery store and it was love at first site," the truth is, they met through a perfectly orchestrated plan by the Lord, with the help of Hinge. ;) While Matt has enough horrible first date stories to entertain you all evening, it was Jess' first online date ever. After a glass of wine (and maybe a fireball shot), Jess nervously ventured to a local restaurant to meet the tall, dark and handsome man that had steadily pursued her (despite her poor online response time). After an incredible evening of playful banter, intentional conversation and delicious ice cream -of which Matt stated a certain flavor "didn't take him on a culinary adventure" (insert eye roll)- the date ended with both feeling a tremendous sense of certainty about the potential of this relationship. That warm fuzzy feeling almost came to a crashing halt after an attempt to meet up at the beach when Matt "accidently" (jury's still out on that) FaceTime butt dialed Jess eight times. Although Jess finally recovered from the incident and the two resumed their weekly dates, Jess (and everyone else for that matter), vowed to never let Matt live that one down. Fast forward two and a half years later, Matt planned the most personal, thoughtful and intentional proposal (inclusive of the eight FaceTimes) a girl could ever dream of. Of course, after almost two years of knowing he was "the one," Jess hardly even allowed him to ask THEE question before smothering him in kisses and a resounding YES! The two have since grown deeper in their relationship, planned for the future, and built tremendous anticipation to tie the knot in front of all their loved ones on October 2!