Kahlea was 13 and Christian was 15 when they first met. She was a middle school track athlete and he came over from the high school to help train the middle school team during their practices. They hit it off pretty quickly, but Kahlea ended up moving from Ohio to Florida a year later. While they lost touch for years, they reconnected over Facebook as friends. It wasn't long before Kahlea slid into his DM's though asking if he wanted to grab coffee while she was visiting family in Ohio (she doesn't even like coffee!).

It was January 25th, 2020 when Christian officially asked Kahlea to be his girlfriend. After a couple of months together, Christian applied for a job in Orlando, where Kahlea was living at the time. He landed the position, but then....the pandemic happened and everything got put on pause. They went 70 days without getting to see one another in person before Christian got tired of it, colluded with Kahlea's family, and planned the surprise of a lifetime when he drove 14 hours from Ohio to Florida to see her. After that, they continued to do long distance until March of 2021 when the Lord made a way for him to officially move to Tampa, FL (where Kahlea moved to).

Christian was in for a tall task planning a proposal for the ultimate planner and investigator! In order to pull off this massive feat Christian started his planning and coordinating with friends and family four months in advance to throw Kahlea off his tracks. However, none of the planning in the world could have prepared him for the events that had the potential to derail everything. Between Kahlea being on Christian's phone as a message notified him the ring was in transit, shaking the package that contained the actual ring inside, and her shooting down every reason to get dressed up (ha!), Christian managed to overcome every obstacle until the big day arrived. On April 2nd he met Kahlea at her apartment first thing in the morning for an "Easter photo shoot." They began walking across the street to Armature Works (a local food hall) where Christian had spelled out "MARRY ME" in big white letters leaving out the "Will You" because he was here to make a statement and leave no doubt in his intentions! As they walked up Kahlea initially thought out loud, "oh wow someone is getting engaged!" But what was a moment of happiness for a stranger quickly became a moment of reality for her. When they got in front of the letter, Christian dropped to one knee in front of the now speechless Kahlea and said to her "I've dreamed of this moment ever since I was a little kid, and for a while I thought I'd never find that person. But then God put you in my life. I can't picture doing life and growing old with anyone else but you. So will you marry me?" To no surprise she said yes! After a tearful hug, Christian then pointed to his left to reveal all of Kahleas closest friends and family and even an unplanned soccer team cheering in thunderous fashion to celebrate the soon to be Wades.