Our first date was on the Venice Canals to go look at Christmas lights. We immediately hit it off, drank a little bit too much wine and shared our fist kiss on the prettiest bridge on the canal. We ended the night with a cold margarita at a cute little bar under the Venice sign and that's where Samantha texted her mom while Michael was ordering drinks, saying "Omg mom, I swear to God I'm going to marry this guy!" Flash forward to August 2023 and Michael took Samantha to the same little bar for a a cold margarita, followed by a walk to the canals, where he proposed to her on the same bridge in the Venice Canals that they shared their first kiss. It was a full circle moment that couldn't have been more perfect. We are so excited to share our love story with our closest family and friends and to start our married life together in the desert surrounded by our favorite people underneath the sunset!