Sam and Molly met their senior year of college in Wrightsville Beach during Memorial Day Weekend outside of Red Dogs Beach Bar. One of Molly's best friends and bridesmaids, Ashley Arnett, encouraged her to go up to Sam outside the bars when they caught him and his friend Will eyeing their direction. Sam would tell you that he smoothly said to Molly when she approached, "Do YOU want my number?" and Molly would say that Sam wasn't that smooth and clearly HE wanted her number. In fact, she's pretty sure he just gave it to her right away. Regardless of whose depiction of their first encounter is most accurate, that moment will always be cherished. They didn't know at the time what was in store for them and in fact, it wasn't until the following year on Valentine's Day that they had their first official date. But following that first Valentine's Day date, Molly called her dad and told him she was sure she was going to marry this guy named Sam. To which her dad, Keith, replied with the classic, "when you know you know". Molly was sure she knew after that very first date. Flash forward almost six years later and join Molly and Sam as those initial feelings following their first date become a reality.