Walter and Stephanie's love story begins in high school with a train ride heading downtown with friends. Stephanie and Walter were both invited downtown by mutual friends to hang on a summer afternoon. Stephanie caught the attention of Walter then, but it wasn’t until another encounter a few months after at a sweet sixteen where they later exchanged numbers and soon began to date. On April 6th, 2007 the couple officially became boyfriend and girlfriend. They began their 1st official date by taking a train ride from the Homewood train station to Chicago's own, Navy Pier. The couple spent the remainder of their high school years as a couple, attending multiple school dances and proms together. The couple parted ways when heading off to college but as the years went by, they inevitably always found their way back to one another.

Walter proposed to Stephanie on January 1st, 2020 at the train station in Homewood where they shared their first date as a young couple in high school.

In December of 2015, the couple welcomed their first child Aliyah Noelle and she has lit up their world since. In November of 2018, the family grew one more when their youngest blessing, Azarah Naomi.