Chris and Tracy met through mutual friends and would see each other often. Chris was working at Rainbow and Tracy was working at AMC. On their first date, Chris took Tracy to Texas Roadhouse and a movie after (at AMC of course). Their first trip outside of Minnesota was driving to Chicago and they enjoyed exploring the busy city. This date followed with yearly trips around Tracy's birthday including Las Vegas, Cape Coral, San Diego, Nashville and many trips to Duluth.

Chris had given Tracy a promise ring a few years prior on December 24, 2015. The morning of, Tracy removed the promise ring and placed it on the dresser to finish getting ready. Chris secretly swapped the rings and waited for her to notice. Tracy put the "promise ring" on her finger and they left to spend time with family. Chris asked if she noticed anything different about the day. Tracy looked at her hand and he then asked her to marry him. Of course she said yes!