One night in May 2016, both TJ and Stacey were invited to the same house by the same friends for a small worship jam session, although they had never met. They sat across the room from each other, and were both playing guitar. The next morning, Stacey got a text from her friend Amanda asking if she could give TJ her number. Flattered and excited, Stacey said yes! He called her up and asked her out like a man the next day, and they grabbed coffee and Caribou (even though TJ can't stand the taste of coffee ;) ). After chatting for over 3 hours, some fun dates, Stacey watching TJ rap as a lumberjack at a Younglife event, at a picnic date at Lake Harriet they made it official and the rest is history!