Sam and Kelsey first met at a church event called The Love of Christmas Dinner back in December of 2021. Kelsey complimented his shirt and the interest (on Sam's part) began. Over the next few weeks they kept finding themselves at the same hangouts or events - which led Sam to begin scheming on how to get the girl, while Kels was oblivious and was just loving spending time with all her friends. A few weeks later at a Super Bowl party Sam decided to hang back at half time to talk to Kels rather than play football with the guys, which earned them both quite a few side eye glances and some questions after the game was over. Sam was hooked while Kels, always the cautious one, tried to pretend nothing was happening and they were just buds. Throughout the next few months, mutual friend hangouts continued to occur and the two had more opportunities for banter, laughs, and for their friendship to really begin. At that point Sam had the thought, "If someone is going to have the courage to ask her out, it might as well be me" and so he texted her and asked her to coffee. When Kelsey received the text she had a mini freak out, threw her phone, and then proceeded to wait 5 hours before she texted him back saying yes. (Sorry Sam). Over the next few weeks and many dates later, they learned and began to appreciate many things about the other. For Kelsey, she saw Sam's incredible care and intentionality with her, his trustworthiness and ability to always make her laugh, and his passionate and slightly weird love for Lululemon, Yeti, and Traegers. For Sam, he learned that Kelsey is an extreme, over the top extrovert, is genuine in her love for others, and has a very hard time saying no to things, even things that harm her (such as dairy...). From the very beginning, the other has been an answer to prayer and a true kindness from the Lord. They are both so excited for this new chapter to begin and can't thank all of you enough for the role that you have played in their relationship.