Matt and Elise met at a weekend Mardi Gras Party. Elise was friends with the host, and Matt formerly worked with a mutual friend. Things sparked immediately, and they stayed out until 4am talking at Denny's over coffee and terrible food. Matt texted Elise less than 12 hours later and they had their first date on Matt's 21st birthday.

While on their 10th anniversary trip to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios. Matt hid the ring in a stuffed niffler. Which if you are not a Harry Potter fan, a niffler is a gentle, magical creature that uses their orange snout to find shiny, gold and glittery items. The fact that the ring was hidden in his secret pocket, was perfect. Matt "pretended" to take a picture of Elise, but instead was videoing the whole thing. He then popped the question, and asked "You wanna marry me?" And Elise answered, "Yeah." Tears ensued.