Their story began with a little coffee shop in New Port Richey. Jay’s friend works at White Duck Espresso and began to know the workers slowly over time. Blake had been working there for about a year. Eventually they met online and started to bond due to mutual friends. Blake asked Jay to be his girlfriend June 26 and a year later would propose to her in a beautiful garden in St. Augustine on the same day. They have a 3 year old cat named Salem who they call their daughter.