By mere coincidence, Kevin was on a 6-month work assignment in Maryland, spending time at an old friends house during one of the playoff games. Devon had been working a retail job and slowly was be-friending one of the assistant managers (the "old friends" now wife). Luckily, Devon got invited to watch that same playoff game at the house. This was where we met.

St. Patrick's day rolled around and this same group went out for a day-time bar crawl in Baltimore. The first bar we showed up to our friends suddenly both had to use the bathroom and left us alone to start the first round of drinks (we think they were trying to set us up from the start). We had an absolute blast this day, dancing, socializing, and eating good food.

Little did we know the unexpected would happen and a pandemic would begin shortly after in March 2020. Places had closed down, Devon was finishing nursing school virtually, and majority of the population was working from home.

Luckily that little group of friends continued to have small gatherings at their house (FOLLOWING COVID MADATES OF NO MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE). We grew to enjoy each others company so much that even outside of these gatherings, we would meet for walks, outdoor workouts, and to-go drinks.

June of 2020 came and Kevin had to go back to Texas. We were devastated but continued to stay in touch. August rolled around and there was just too much of a connection to let go. Devon made her first trip to San Antonio, Texas in August of 2020. From there dozens of trips followed for another year and a half (yet somehow Devon STILL does not have TSA pre-check).

The long distance finally ended in August of 2022 when Devon agreed to move to Wichita, KS with Kevin for his next duty station. The rest was in fact history.

D&K

Wedding Day

4:30 PM

Ceremony

6:00 PM–10:00 PM

Reception