Kevin's friend Ethan invited him out on a Sunday to watch the NFL Playoffs with a group of friends. While sitting at the table with everyone, Kevin noticed Leah, Ethan's Wife, take a picture of him. Kevin looked confused and asked, "Why did you just take a picture of me?" Leah explained she was sending it to her friend to try and get her to join the party. She always wanted the two to meet. Kevin laughed and asked to see a picture of the friend she was talking about. After scrolling through a few pictures, He was interested. Sarah soon showed up and the two were introduced. The watching party turned into a day of bar games with both competing against each other in numerous events. The evening arrived and the group decided to grab dinner at Crush Craft, a Thai restaurant close by. Once the meal was served, Sarah witnessed Kevin demolish his Thai noodles with his chopsticks. Her jaw dropped. She had never seen an expert with chopsticks perform such an act and was certainly impressed. Kevin and Sarah knew at that moment that they wanted to grow this extraordinary encounter into something quite special. The rest is history.

The two had a long distance relationship for 5 months leading up to the engagement. Kevin moved to Lubbock for work and Sarah stayed in Dallas to finish her school year teaching. The plan was to move Sarah to Lubbock after the school year ended and with a move comes a going away party. They planned to have a small gathering of their closest friends at Leah and Ethan's house for a proper send off for Sarah. Little did Sarah know, Kevin had planned a much larger gathering of friends and family to turn it into an engagement party. What made it an even bigger surprise was Sarah's family driving in from Kansas to be there. Sarah's best friend Stefany also flew in from Los Angeles to add to the surprise. The day finally arrived and Sarah was about to receive the biggest surprise of her life. The two get to Leah and Ethan's house and walk into the back yard where everyone was waiting. Sarah begins to notice familiar faces she was not expecting to see as Kevin spun her around and dropped to a knee. She was in shock and it took her a moment to realize what was going on but soon said, "Yes!" and the party began!