Lydia had moved back to Wenatchee to take a job at Concepts Kitchen and Bath Design 10 months prior to meeting Kayden. One of the owners was recently hired as a Career Firefighter with Chelan County 1 and tried to set her up with Kayden, a current Chelan County 1 Firefighter Resident. After two and a half months of badgering, Lydia agreed to go on a blind date with her boss' fellow firefighter. Lydia and Kayden had their first date at The Sidecar Lounge, a small, speakeasy themed cocktail bar. She was "fashionably late" (Lydia was actually freaking out and considered bailing on the date several times) when she walked in and saw Kayden casually leaning against a post. Little did she know, one of Wenatchee's largest fires of the year had just broken out and Kayden was considering leaving the date to help put it out. He looked up at her and gave her a crooked smile. They spent the next three hours talking. The rest is history.

Lydia was under the impression that she was going on a group sleigh ride in Leavenworth for an event her best friend, Paityn, named "Friendsmas." Fresh snow came the night before and by the time Lydia and Kayden arrived at the sleigh ride location two of the other friends were unable to make the ride and Paityn was stuck behind an "accident" on her way up to Leavenworth. To avoid missing out on the ride altogether, Lydia and Kayden were to take the first sleigh ride and the stragglers would arrive by the time the first sleigh ride was over. Lydia and Kayden set off on a two-person sleigh and snuggled close while it began lightly snowing. He looked at her and said "do you know how much I love you?" Lydia thought Kayden was taking the beautiful setting as an opportunity to be romantic so she replied with a wry "no." "This much" he said holding a shoulder distance between his hands. Lydia, looking at him incredulously said "well that's not very much." and snuggled back into him. As the ride was coming to an end, Lydia saw Paityn and gave her a wave. There was a "next ride" crowd around Paityn and they all waved back! Lydia looked at Kayden and said "well that's awkward. I was just trying to wave at Paityn." As they got a little closer she realized the crowd was her and Kayden's family. Kayden looked at Lydia and said "do you know how much I love you?" "No" she said through a smile. Nerves fully intact, Kayden tripped and fell backwards out of the sleigh, giving the family a good laugh and Lydia a good scare. He got down on one knee and said "Can I show you for the rest of my life? Will you marry me?" Of course Lydia exclaimed "yes!" and as she stood up to get out of the sleigh to give Kayden a hug she fell face-first. Kayden jumped up to catch her and as he did the ring box went flying (but don't worry they found it quickly)! It was a proposal out of a movie and they both don't think it could have gone any better, falls and all.