After matching on Bumble, we quickly bonded over our favorite Atlanta restaurants, hiking, travel, and our love of dogs. And after discovering our favorite dessert is cheesecake, we knew we were meant to be together.

3 months later we traveled to Chicago together, making it the first of our many adventures. We’ve been to countless Atlanta United soccer matches, jetskiied across lake Wedowee, hiked the West Palisades, rode all the rides at Disney, cruised along Mexico’s coast, sauna’d in Asheville, hiked and camped, and gone to Zion, Bryce Canyon, Rocky Mountain, Smokey Mountains, Congaree, Shenandoah, and Acadia National Parks, just to name a few.

In February of 2020 we moved in together, unknowing we’d quite literally be spending 24/7 together for the next few months. Despite this, we made Reynoldstown our home and loved our afternoon walks along the Beltline, bonfires in our backyard, and hosting The Bachelorette viewing nights with our bubble of friends.

We took our first major international trip after the ‘rona in October 2022 to Italy (which was also Tyler’s first trip to Europe). Tyler had planned to propose in Italy and safely stored the ring in his toiletry bag. He was unsure where he’d propose but quickly decided it needed to be soon as he couldn’t contain his excitement and nervousness. The thought of losing the ring was also a big concern. On the third day in Italy, Tyler asked a stranger to take our photo and proceeded to ask Kathryn to marry him.