We met on the dating app Hinge in February 2020. It took Declan a short two days to ask Kelli out on a date. Our first date was on February 21st at a restaurant called the Stoneburner in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle. Afterwards we walked over to the Pie Bar to have a slice of pie and a beer. We both enjoyed each other's company enough to go on a second date and then a third date! By then it was March 2020 and we put our new relationship to the pandemic test. They say the pandemic will either break a relationship or make one. Luckily for us it worked out and we decided to be pandemic buddies for life! Declan proposed at the Grand Canyon in Arizona on June 21st, 2021. He picked a private spot on a scenic ledge at the South Rim of the park. A passerby on a bike caught the tail end of the proposal and offered to take our picture, which is one of our favorite photos now! We are so excited to celebrate our love and our future with our friends and family. August 6th can't come soon enough!