Taylor and Kelsey met for the first time in the lobby of their first year residence hall at Drake University. From there when Kelsey served as one of the Anchor Splash coaches for Taylor's fraternity the two got close, and a friendship developed that would shortly turn into a love that has persisted through all 4 years of undergrad, two years of long distance with Taylor in Madison, WI working at Epic and Kelsey in Kansas City working and getting her Masters at KCU, and a year and a half of being back in Des Moines for Kelsey to attend medical school at Des Moines University while Taylor worked at Cardinal Health. Taylor proposed in March 2019 at the Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden in Kansas City, MO where it was just him, Kelsey, the beautiful tropical flowers in the green house, and the resident greenhouse cat. From here time was spent celebrating the couple with Kelsey's family including her mom Jennifer and stepdad Gregg as well as little brother Adam along with Taylor's parents in Des Moines including mom Sheri and dad Ray.