Chad and Julianne both grew up in Issaquah, WA, and have known each other since elementary school. Chad is a year older, so the two didn't always run in the same circle of friends, but Chad says he always had his eye on her. Julianne went to UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) and lived in San Francisco for three years after that, while Chad went to Washington State University (Go Cougs!) and then lived in Seattle. In early 2015, Julianne visited home to see family and friends, and she and Chad reconnected while hanging out with high school friends. A few months later (on his birthday) Chad reached out to Julianne and asked her on a date, and the rest is history! Julianne and Chad started dating long distance, and spent the first part of their relationship flying to see each other on weekends, until Julianne moved back home to Seattle in 2017. We can't wait to be married!

Chad proposed on September 29, 2018 by recreating their first Valentine's Day date. Chad took Julianne to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island to go whale watching, and then in the afternoon, they went to a beach park they had discovered a few years prior. Once they walked up to the bluff, Chad grabbed her hand to stop her from walking any further, and that's when she saw the ring box on the ground. Chad got down on one knee and proposed, while Julianne kept interrupting him with, "is this really happening?!" Chad was eventually able to get through his proposal, and Julianne, of course, said (yelled), "Yes!". As if that was not surprise enough, their moms then ran out of the bushes with Chad's cousin Jenny, who was taking photos. Then, the rest of their family came running down the road to the park. They had all made the trip to be there for the special day, and they set up tables with a picnic and champagne for an engagement party on the beach. Then, to top it all off, Chad surprised Julianne again with a seaplane ride back to Lake Union in Seattle, and then dinner at their first date spot - Il Bistro in Pike Place Market. It was the most perfect day!