Braden was sitting on one side of the Second Baptist Church row on July 23, 2017, and Stephanie was sitting on the other end. Before service started, Stephanie asked if she could sit next to Braden to keep her company during the 11 AM service. After church, Braden asked Stephanie for coffee to talk about starting, ironically, a singles group ministry and the two started that group together in August. Shortly after, they began dating and went through a few hard times during his Physical Therapy clinical rotations, but after a hiccup in May, it only made them realize they were right for each other and wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. Braden proposed the weekend after Stephanie’s 23rd birthday and neither of them can wait to tie the knot January 12, 2019!