Reece and Riley met over Mongolian food in San Antonio on November 23, 2019. They talked until the restaurant closed, then proceeded to Whataburger for a late night shake and continued learning about each other and all they have in common until 2:00 a.m. The two soon began dating and they met and were welcomed into each other's families. Then COVID hit, but Reece and Riley made the best of it and tried to spend as much time together as the pandemic would allow. Reece proposed to Riley on June 13, 2020 at his property on Lake Medina, during the height of COVID, and the couple set about with high hopes of an October, 2020 wedding. But COVID had other plans and it soon became apparent that to move forward with that date would be risky, so they reluctantly postponed the wedding to August, 2021. It was during the holiday season, as the two spent time separately with their families, that they began to worry that August would come and they'd end up having to postpone again. So, they decided to celebrate with a small wedding on January 7, 2021 (her maternal grandmother's birthday) and plan to continue the celebration with friends and family on August 6, 2021.