Adalyn and Reed met at Olivet Nazarene University while she was a freshman and he was a sophomore. She first noticed him when he was the speaker at Grandparent’s Day. He first noticed her when she was talking to a friend at the Ludwig front desk. After meeting Reed and his friends, Adalyn put up with their antics until Reed finally asked her on a date where they went to a haunted house the day before Halloween. They started dating in December of 2015 and got engaged in August of 2018.