Erin and Sam met completely by chance in January of 2013 during their Freshman year of college. Erin was looking to transfer schools, so she met up with her friend Kelli who attended LMU and got a tour. The two decided to grab lunch at a cafeteria on campus called Roski's. While on their way, they ran into two of Kelli's Track & Cross Country teammates on the U Hall escalators (which may have actually been functioning that day?). The two teammates were Sam and Michael (Sam's Best Man), who as fate would have it, decided to join them for lunch. After a round of "Nooner" breakfast burritos, Erin was convinced that LMU was the school for her, Michael was convinced that Erin was a foreign exchange student from France, and Sam was convinced that yelling "BONJOUR" at Erin after already saying goodbye was the perfect first move. It must have worked because Erin did end up transferring to LMU and by the end of that very same year, Erin and Sam were an item. Purposefully waiting until Friday the 13th of December, Sam then asked Erin to be his girlfriend. And on the same day 7 years later, he asked her to marry him. Now you're reading this, and the wedding is planned, and they're very excited!