We met on a study abroad trip the summer after our sophomore year of college. Although we had actually already had a class together (without knowing it), we didn't have our first conversation until dinner the night we finally made it to our home base of Maastricht in the Netherlands, over a glass of red wine. Throughout the next month we got to know each other as we explored countries together such as The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Germany. Sam fell in love with his adventurous spirit and his incredible piano playing skills throughout the trip, and Kyle fell for the softness of Sam's heart and the fire in her soul for anything or anyone she was passionate about. Although we left the trip as friends, we knew there was something there and began dating as we returned back to school in the fall and have been inseparable ever since.
The night before Kyle proposed, Sam's sorority little asked if she wanted to go see the sunset at the beach the next morning. Sam agreed knowing that these days would soon be very few with graduation approaching in May. The next morning she and Madi walked along the beach on a day that happened to be overcast with no visible sunrise, but at the end of their walk, Kyle was waiting on one knee! It was a perfect, quiet, intimate morning that will forever mean the world to both of them.