Daniel and Courtney met at a college party at Baylor University during their undergraduate programs. Mutual friends introduced them to one another and they instantly hit it off. The attraction was there from the beginning, and Daniel knew he needed to make a move. He tried planning a study date to spend more time together and ask her out properly. After various attempts to no avail, Daniel's plan worked when friends conveniently left him and Courtney alone in a study room on campus. Appropriately, both of them being sports fans, their first date was at a Baylor vs. Kansas University basketball game. The date ended at Common Grounds, a coffee shop at Baylor, where they talked and lingered for hours. The rest is history, and they have been college sweethearts ever since.

Daniel whisked Courtney away to Italy to visit part of his family, and to drink in the romance and life of Italy, fully intending to propose in Trieste while they were there. Although the day included an “impromptu” day trip filled with surprises that seemed unplanned and innocuous, Courtney had her suspicions. Following a romantic day of fine wine, incredible food, fun finds and sightseeing, Daniel took Courtney to dinner on a private terrace looking over the Adriatic Sea. The ring burning a hole in his pocket, the nerves of this incredible moment and the experience of trying fresh oysters for the first time, propelled Daniel to forgo his plan and propose before dinner was over. He decided to go for it, got down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage. Courtney said "YES!" It truly was an enchanting and magical engagement.