August 2012 The summer before Kelli's junior year and Carter's senior year of high school, a group of friends decided to go to a drive in movie. Kelli's eyes were bigger than her stomach and she couldn't finish her popcorn. After throwing the rest of her popcorn to Carter, the rest is history.

After Carter graduated from Sun Prairie High in 2013, he went on to play baseball at Madison College. Kelli was finishing up her senior year of high school while deciding which school she wanted to attend. Kelli fell in love with the University of Minnesota campus and cheerleading program and started school and in fall of 2014. After a year of long distance, Carter decided to transfer to the U of M. Three years later, and many Gopher games, Cheer Competitions, and midterms past, Kelli and Carter graduated in spring of 2018.

6-23-2019 Kelli & Carter were in Kauai, Hawaii with Kelli's parents and her sister Shaelyn. It was our first full day on the island, and it was raining the entire day. We decided to go out to dinner at a restaurant walking distance from our resort. The sun started to pop out of the clouds right at sunset, and Carter asked Kelli to take a picture on the cliff overlooking the ocean and the sunset. Little did she know, he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. The couple celebrated their engagement the rest of the vacation in paradise.