We are overjoyed to share this exciting time in our lives with all of you!

We both (reluctantly) agreed to a blind date set up by our mutual friend (and now bridesmaid!), Taylor, while Amy Ruth was visiting her in Seattle. We bonded over sushi, and later that week went out for mini golf before Amy went back home to San Francisco. Much to her surprise, Sam then wrote Amy a letter, thanking her for their time together. And so began our long-distance relationship!

While Sam and Amy were in San Francisco for Christmas, Sam suggested they go back to Land’s End, the beach where he’d asked her to be his girlfriend three years earlier. As they walked on the beach, Sam stopped directly in front of the only other person there- an older gentleman peacefully gazing out at the sea- and Amy confusedly tried to get Sam to move out of the poor man’s way. Little did she know, her sister Caela and her friend Maggie had marked that specific spot for Sam to get down on one knee (Maggie had framed the perfect shot, as Sam had hired her to photograph the big moment!). Sam successfully pulled off the biggest surprise of Amy Ruth’s life that day!