Kate and Luke's story began at Kate's brother and sister-in-law's wedding in San Antonio, back in June of 2022. Luke was in the wedding because he was good friends with Kate's brother, Brendan, in high school. Little to Luke's knowledge, Kate's mom had always wanted to play matchmaker, and it wasn't until she got Ashley, Brendan's wife, on board that her plan started to take effect. According to Luke, he could see Kate giving him "the eyes" when they talked over margaritas at Casa Rio, where the rehearsal dinner was held. After dinner, the wedding party went to Pat O'Brien's bar, where Ashley decided to pull Luke aside. Ashley probed Luke to see if he was interested in Kate, to which Luke responded, "It's kind of weird to date my friend's sister." Ashley eased Luke's fears by explaining the whole family was on board. After considering what Ashley said, Luke found an opportunity get Brendan's thoughts on the situation as they were getting ready before the wedding. What Ashley said the night before was true, and Brendan approved of the budding romance. Luke was pleasantly surprised to find Kate seated across from him at the reception, and they enjoyed talking and dancing together that evening (see picture below). Before leaving San Antonio, Luke asked Kate to go on a date when they got back to St. Louis. The week following the wedding, Luke and Kate enjoyed their first date in Forest Park, near the World's Fair Pavilion. Shortly after a year later, Luke took Kate back to the same spot and asked her to spend forever with him.