When Sam moved to Brighton she joined a gym that Tanner's mom, Kim, went to. They quickly became friends and would talk weekly. One day, Sam saw a picture of Tanner on Kim's Facebook. She marched into the gym the next day and said, "what the heck, Kim, you have a hot son my age and didn't tell anybody?!" Turned out that son of hers was living in North Carolina, but that didn't stop Kim's ambition. She would call Tanner and tell him about the funny thing Sam did at the gym, or tell Sam about what hilarious thing Tanner said on the phone the previous night. Months of this went by until Tanner finally decided to drive back to Michigan to take Sam on a date (breakfast at Lynn's Cafe and golf), two months later he was planning his move back home, and the rest is history! <3