It was a normal Thursday night in 2015. Kaitlin was having dinner with her mom and stepdad at Saloon 9 in Gladstone. A family friend, and former fire captain, was at the same restaurant with some of the firefighters that had worked for him. When he came to the table to say "hi", Kaitlin's mom embarrassingly asked if he had any cute and single firefighters with him there that could date her daughter. His response "as a matter of fact, I do" was just the beginning of our story.