Due to COVID-19, We were married on June 19th, 2021 during a small ceremony. Copy and paste the address below into your search bar to watch the ceremony. https://youtu.be/8k7GUAG9aLU We hope to see everyone at the big celebration on June 11th, 2022!

Katie and I met through mutual friends in 2016. We did not become friends until a year later when I started attending the same church and small group in Muncie, IN. Through this small group we matured in our relationship with God and were able to get to know each other as friends. Over the next couple of years I traveled a lot for work but often caught up with Katie on the weekends when I was in town. Partway through 2019 Katie and I started talking more and more. I was working full time in Kansas and only home once or twice a month. I was very hesitant to start a long distance relationship, but wanted to talk to Katie and express my feelings for her and my concerns. I wanted to be responsible in my pursuit of Katie and not lead her on, so I stopped making small talk with her until we were able to talk in person. The next time I was in town I asked some friends for advice and then worked up the courage to express my feelings with Katie. Katie shared feelings for me and agreed to go on a date. The next time I was home we went on a hike and had dinner after. On our hike we talked like the best of friends and throughout the entire date I recognized that talking and spending time with Katie just felt natural. The time we had spent getting to know each other as Christians and friends, as well as discussing the Bible in small group, became the foundation of our relationship. I knew after the first date there was more to our relationship.

The first time I met Connor was at a video game party hosted by one of our mutual friends. Why I was at a video game party can only be chalked up to God, because Lord knows I am awful at video games... Fast forward a year and Connor joined the small group I was a part of and he quickly caught my attention with his desire to know God, his kindness towards others, and--to be quite honest--his "Dad Jokes". Unfortunately, Connor had a job which kept him away from Muncie, so any time I heard he was back for the weekend I tried to make a point to hangout with him and our mutual friends. Throughout that year I was trying to decide what God's plan for me was, and if/how Connor would be involved. After praying (a lot), talking with a few trusted friends, and ultimately swallowing my pride, I resolved to be more intentional in seeking out time with Connor. I asked him to teach me video games to "help me relate to my kiddo clients better" and initiated texting each other encouragements to stay active. Somehow, my inability to play video games or the daily picture texts of a treadmill did not scare him away and we slowly started talking more and more. Until one day...NOTHING. I started worrying...thinking that I finally took things too far. The next time he came to town he was quieter than usual around me, and we had the most agonizing and awkward drive to pick up food for our friends. "This is the beginning of the end", I thought. Then, in some conversations throughout the weekend, he mentioned asking his boss about the possibility of moving to Kansas where he had been contracted...the final nail in the coffin. "It's Over", I thought Except it wasn't over. The following evening, Connor called me out of the blue to see if he could come over and talk before he left town again. I was beside myself with nerves, trying to decide if he was going to tell me he liked me, or if he wanted to stop talking to me. Fortunately, he wanted to date and the rest is history.