2019: Sophia's father, Brian, hires Isaiah to work at New Life Church. 2024: After a few years of living in Alabama, Sophia follows her family back to Washington, unsure of exactly what's next. Still figuring things out, she starts working on a podcast for her father, where she meets Isaiah. However, our story really starts a few weeks after we first meet. We were in a room full of friends and a conversation sparked that ended up being a couple hours long, covering sci-fi movies and fantasy novels (our favorite nerdy subjects!). Everyone else in the room knew that there was something more going on but Isaiah was very unaware. Over the course of those hours, the others slowly left until it was just us. We found out later the group had been texting each other secretly, saying "Isaiah and Sophie are on their first date RIGHT NOW." A couple weeks later, Isaiah asked Sophia out to coffee on February 9, 2024. We both knew that date had been special, and we never stopped seeing each other after that. Coffee, turned into dinner, which turned into movies (the first of which was regrettably Madame Web) and they became more frequent until they were daily. Soon we were in love and Isaiah knew he wanted to marry Sophia. He started to give hints in hopes that Sophia would also feel the same...which she did. On July 14th, Isaiah surprised Sophia and proposed after church, using a friends baby shower to catch her off guard. We ate at Fogo De Chao (Isaiah did not know it was all you can eat) and then went to the Bellevue Botanical Garden where the proposal took place and Sophia cried her eyes out. There are many more little stories that live amongst those details, but you'll have to ask us for those at another time. We cannot wait to begin our lives together, and to celebrate that start with you!