Bradley and Caitlin met online the summer of 2019. At the time, Caitlin was not looking for a relationship because she was supposed to do a "study abroad" program in California for a semester in college. Although they lived an hour away and Caitlin was still in college, they could not stop talking to each other. Brad would start making trips down to Peoria to visit and once a month turned into once every other week, and well now the rest is history.

Bradley took Caitlin and her family on a "special walk" as he put it. He took them on the walk that Caitlin and Bradley went on their first date. They have brought a few friends over the years on this walk and even did a couple's photoshoot double date on that walk. One of Caitlin's favorite pictures of the two of them was overlooking this pond by the Downtown Naperville Carillon. It was super cold out that day, so Bradley took the family to that exact location and popped the question.