We began dating in the summer of July 2016. Gen was teaching in Koliganek then, and when the school year ended, she moved to Fairbanks. Kiniiya our daughter, was born on November 16, 2017. We spent 2018 building our dream home and in the summer of 2019, we moved in. In October we became pregnant with our second child Luka. He was born on June 24, 2020. Matt proposed on Christmas morning 2019.