Leslie and Matt met while attending the college group Refuge at Golden Hills Community Church in the mid 2000's. though out the years they kept in touch meeting up every now and then for coffee, a game day, or for a D&D campaign.
in December of 2019, just a few months before the pandemic. Leslie asked Matt out and after some carful consideration they went out to the movie knives out and then to dinner. the date went really well, and the rest is history.
On December 31 2020, after spending the pandemic together, we went to the Christmas lights show at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. Halfway though the garden of de'lights show Matt invited Leslie to sit down for a minute by the pond view the reflection of the Christmas lights and the water. There Matt proposed and Leslie said yes!