In January 2020, Luke and Kathryn attended a mutual friend's 21st birthday party in Greenville, NC where they both went to school at East Carolina University. Luke asked Kat on a date to a local coffee shop the following day. They sat outside and talked about everything under the sun (something that Kat is very good at). They spent the next few months falling in love in Topsail Island and soon decided they never wanted to know a day without each other. Luke proposed to Kat on Topsail Island in March 2024 and planned a surprise wedding the very next day. Topsail has become a place of love and memories for them, and they cannot wait to spend a weekend with those they admire in their favorite beach town.