Love at first sight took on a new meaning for us but not in a way that either of us would have imagined. Looking back at it, it was perfect and exactly in God's time. Tyler had just gotten back from Iraq and moved to Nashville in order to have a more social life. In taking to his Mom's advice, he "put himself out there" and decided to give Bumble, an online dating app, a try. At that time Lindy Kate was a sophomore at Belmont University and had heard that Bumble was where the "nice guys" went. Well upon swiping right to the most handsome man she had ever laid her eyes on, she knew she had made a good decision. Within three days of talking and texting, Tyler decided to ask LK out for a smoothie date at Juice Bar. Thank goodness both of them were who they said they were. There was no looking back after that four hour date in Germantown.

"Paris is for lovers and we are lovers" is something that we always said to each other and it was a destination that was on our travel bucket list. Just as the stars aligned for us to met, the stars aligned for us to travel to Pairs together. Tyler was in the process of moving from Fort Campbell, KY to Fort Bragg, NC and was able to take time to vacation. Earlier in the year, LK decided to do a Summer Semester abroad in London, not knowing at the time that Tyler would have that time off too. Seeing that they had an opportunity to travel together, they decided to plan a bucket list trip across Europe with Paris as one of their stops. The trip started out in Rome, then to Florence, Venice, Geneva and on to Paris where the other bucket list item would be checked off, getting engaged. Tyler had been planing this engagement ever since LK decided to do a semester abroad knowing that this would be a perfect location and that this opportunity couldn't be missed. Tyler researched a Paris Photographer, Pierre Atelier, known for shooting weddings and one who had a French style. They would go back and forth for three months, each bouncing ideas off of each other until they decided that the Eiffel tower at 7 AM on the 9th was going to be the perfect setup. Tyler had given LK a note the night before, explaining that they had an adventure the next day, one that required LK to meet him at a location not too far from the Eiffel Tower. Tyler woke up extra early the next morning and made his way down to the Eiffel Tower to meet Pierre. After deciding on a spot, Tyler made his way back to the meeting spot to where LK was actually on time (for once). They made their way to the Eiffel tower and as LK began to admire the beauty of the Eiffel Tower, Tyler took to admire the beauty of LK from one knee.