Jason and Laura met on February 3rd, 2014 while backpacking through Southeast Asia. They first crossed paths when they happened to stay at the same hostel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then reconnected a couple weeks later on the island of Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand for the Full Moon Party. The two of them, along with Laura's cousin Amy and Jason's friend Alberto, spent the next 3 months traveling together through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and then back to Thailand where they parted ways. When they arrived back to their respective homes, they still kept in touch and after a New Years Eve visit to Baltimore, Jason and Laura made their relationship official. Nearly 5 years and a few moves later, on a beach in Varadero, Cuba on December 13th, 2018, Jason proposed with a cleverly placed abalone shell in front of an out-of-this-world sunset.