April 25, 2014 was like any average Friday night for Katherine, working an event at OZ Arts Nashville. She was going through her "event day sheet", checking "to-do's" off her list when she walked outside to meet the valet onsite manager and walking down the driveway with a sunset sky, was Seth. She thought to herself, "WOW- he's a hunk!". Keeping it professional, she greeted him, introduced herself and gave him the event details for the night. He was equally professional and with a huge grin on his face, assured her everything would go according to plan. Following procedure, she exchanged phone numbers with Seth, just in case of emergencies, and carried on checking items off her list preparing for the guest's arrival. As the night went on, the client was happy, the event was a success and vendors were loading out. Katherine stepped outside to thank Seth and the valet team and waved them goodbye. Walking back to her office, she received a text message from none other than you guessed it.... SETH!! He had asked her permission if it was okay to contact her outside of work and she of course said YES!

After a few weeks of texting back and forth, Seth had finally asked Katherine out on a date and reluctantly, Katherine said no! Seth was heartbroken meanwhile, Katherine was distraught with her decision as she wanted to keep things professional between the two of them.

Fast forward one month later, Katherine was at dinner with her childhood friend and bridesmaid, Abby, and over some margaritas the boy topic came up. They exchanged some stories and Abby asked if Katherine was interested in anyone and she told her about Seth and how she couldn't get him out of her mind but thought she had lost her chance with him. Abby was quick to help concoct a text message that would hopefully revive Katherine's chances at going out on a date with Seth. They finally came up with, "Hey, how have you been?"- simple, right? Not at the time, Katherine's stomach was in knots and she felt so bad that she turned him down in the first place, she wasn't sure if simplicity would work. After sleeping on it for a week, Katherine finally mustered up the courage on June 13, 2014 to send the text message. That afternoon, Seth replied back!! They both wanted to meet up that evening. He lived in Hendersonville and she lived in Murfreesboro so they agreed to meet in the middle at Tusculum Strike and Spare on Nolensville Pike- for those that aren't familiar- this isn't the most charming first date location but nevertheless, Katherine was excited to see Seth again!

They met at the bowling alley and talked about everything, family, friends, work, music, etc. while playing. They had played two games, Katherine beating Seth both times, when hunger set in and they drove across the street to a local Mexican restaurant for dinner. They laughed and talked and learned more about each other and feelings began to grow. After dinner, they walked out to the parking lot where Seth was holding her hand when they reached her then Chevy Cobalt and Seth leaned in and kissed her. It was the perfect ending to their first date! They went on many dates after that, going to Cardinals baseball games, lake days, movies, Nashville Shores, meeting each other's families, and falling more in love as time went on.

Seth and Katherine went to visit Seth's family in Belknap, IL on their time off on September 6-7, 2017. They had a great visit, spending time with his family and catching up. They decided before heading out on the 7th, they wanted to go for a walk down the trail at Heron Pond near his parent's house. They had gone on that walk many times before so it wasn't unusual to Katherine at the time that Seth would suggest this. They piled in Seth's truck, holding hands and singing to Turnpike Troubadours and they pulled up to the trail site parking. It was a beautiful day for a walk. They stopped on a bridge, appreciating the scenery and messing around, skipping rocks at the creek. Seth looked at Katherine, and told her he had a present for her. She looked down and Seth was on one knee, holding a beautiful sapphire ring. He asked if she would be his wife and she said, YES!