Our Story
How We Met
This is one of our favorite stories to tell! Jared and Kayli met babysitting our nieces and nephews in March of 2022. The original plan was to have Jared watch the kiddos in the morning and Kayli would watch them in the afternoon. Well, after everyone had lunch, Jared ended up staying the rest of the day and we enjoyed a fort building, movie watching, coffee drinking, and pistachio snacking filled afternoon.
Jared's sister-in-law mentions that she knew in that moment, something was up between the two of us:) It wouldn't be until the summer that Jared would sub on the church league slow-pitch softball team that Kayli played on. It was on the diamond that our friendship really began!
The Proposal
On Christmas Eve, Jared proposed at Dream City Church, following a candle-lit service and celebration of the birth of our savior. We took a big family photo in front of the lit-up Christmas tree, and then Jared requested we take a photo just the 2 of us. As the rest of the family left, Kayli noted the large crowd that had gathered around to watch them take this photo. The next thing she knew, Jared was down on one knee asking for her hand in marriage.