We met through our mutual friend Jaen Lopez :). It was during my (Sam's) last year at Texas State University and we both happened to be attending the first tailgate of the season. Jake was visiting from his hometown Clifton, Texas where he lived about two hours away from the university. I think we hit it off pretty quickly that day, Jake really liked my cutting sarcasm and I liked the sneakers he was wearing. Jake asked me to hold onto his sunglasses for him and conveniently "forgot" to grab them before we parted ways - after exchanging numbers, of course - so we just had to meet up again before he left town. Unknown to me, Jake was just a couple of weeks away from shipping out for the next five months for work. When I found out about this crazy work schedule we had to decide very quickly if commiting to a relationship was something we were ready for at the time. Obviously we chose to take the leap and now here we are, planning our wedding!