They met at Mile High Spirits in downtown Denver on May 17th, 2015. He was out celebrating getting into grad school, and she was out celebrating her 28th birthday. They both were there with their respective friend groups, and when Christine spotted Kelly dancing in the middle of the dance floor Christine cut in, and soon after Kelly bought her a drink and they started talking. They hit it off immediately, exchanged numbers and made plans to go on a date the following week. Kelly picked Christine up for their first date a few days later and even though they realized they had a ton in common, neither of them were sure it would go anywhere since Kelly was leaving for Boston in fall. A few months later as summer was ending and Kelly was leaving for Boston, instead of sharing a heartfelt goodbye they decided to give long distance a chance... and the rest as they say, is history.

Kelly proposed to Christine in Carlton Gardens in Melbourne on the first day of their vacation in Australia. Even though Kelly was insanely nervous to propose and Christine was insanely tired from their 19 hour flight, he pulled out all the stops to make the day unforgettable. Everything from the location, ring, speech, hidden photographer, and time of day (come on, what guy actually thinks to both book a photographer AND ensure it's the best time of day for lighting?) made the proposal perfect.