August 2015 - Chris was home on leave from the Navy and Chelsea had just finished a grueling softball game playing for the Planks Bier Garten team when John (Best Man and mutual friend) invited them both separately to go with some friends to the Ohio State Fair. After A LOT of convincing Chelsea agreed ...long story short... they "fell in love in the goat barn" and knew each other for only 2 days (Chelsea met Chris's parents on the 2nd night) before Chris returned to Jacksonville to his ship for the first year they were dating.

Chelsea and Chris got engaged on a Thursday night in November while dancing in their kitchen to country music with their two dogs. Chris had planned on asking Chelsea on a hike the following Saturday at Hocking Hills but he couldn't wait until then :)