Kyle and Kenady met through mutual friends at an end-of-high-school party. He went to MOC-FV and she went to Sioux Center, but they'd never crossed paths before. It was one of those "I saw them across the room" moments and they exchanged contact information and quickly started dating after that. Kyle always jokes that Kenady's opening line was, "I like your shirt," and still continues to wiggle his eyebrows at her whenever he wears that shirt now.

Kenady's birthday is November 24th, so Kyle decided to gift her a couple's photography session a few days before. Of course, she had a feeling that he was going to propose, but Kyle quickly shut that down, saying he was just trying to do something nice and had no ulterior motive. A friend of the couple, Jonathon Wiley, is amazing with a camera, so Kyle and Kenady met him at Reiman Gardens in the early afternoon. At Kenady's favorite spot in the Gardens, Kyle got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. She was completely surprised and said "Yes, of course!" That night, Kenady had a birthday party scheduled, so it became a joint birthday and engagement party with our close friends and family!