Growing up less than 10 miles away and sharing mutual friends Billy and Joli’s paths never seemed to cross. Billy grew up in Richardson and attended Pearce High School. Joli grew up in Plano and attended Plano West High School. Both graduating in 2012. Although their paths did not cross as they grew up and knew mutual friends in April 2021 bumble brought them together. The joke is still that Joli was at Rodeo Goat with a friend and no one knows if Joli or her friend swiped right on Billy to this day. Billy was in Colorado skiing when the match came through, as they instantly matched, meaning he must’ve liked her first :) Bumble requires the girl to make the first move in messaging the guy. Joli’s opening line was a request for a date at Costco on sample Friday and that she always knows what she wants to eat (although can now be debatable). Billy returned from skiing on a Sunday and they made plans for that coming Friday to go to his favorite Mexican restaurant Frankie’s. After a long work day on Tuesday of that week Joli reached out and asked if he wanted to grab a casual drink after a long day. He agreed, leaving in the middle of playing frisbee and they agreed upon Lazy Dog. They spent hours talking and hanging out outside that night. They agreed to still go to Frankie’s that coming Friday and never stopped talking or hanging out from that moment on and we never stopped eating Frankie’s quite regularly. At the end of 2021 they moved in together in Dallas in an apartment. They adopted their sweet Teddy Cavapoo in June of 2022. In March 2023 they moved to Richardson and rented a duplex, Teddy loved his new big yard. At the same time of moving to Richardson Billy set up the proposal of a lifetime at a Dallas Mavericks basketball game playing against Joli’s favorite player Kevin Durant (hook ‘em). They were asked to participate on an on the court game together and after Joli confirmed that there would be no basketball free throws involved she agreed. In front of thousands of strangers on a large Jumbotron in front of some our closest friend Billy pulled off an incredible proposal! And then finally they settled down and bought a home in February 2024 in Dallas right in the middle of both of their families!