Katie's Story:

We met at a College Life movie night that I wasn't planning on going to in the summer of 2019. For those of you who don't know, College Life was Matt's and my college christian fellowship where we became bible study leaders for the upperclassmen the following school years. During Fall 2019 we became friends and hanging out multiple times a week at bible study and other College Life weekly events. Most of our friends could tell there was something between us even before we knew. At the end of the quarter Matt had asked me on our first date to go see Frozen 2 after the College Life Christmas party. We talked for 4 hours in his truck when he was dropping me off after the movie and the rest is history. Since then we've supported each other at countless of dirtbike races and rodeos, shared endless memories with each other and our families, and both graduated UC Davis. Saying yes on September 24th 2023 was the best decision of my life since saying yes to that first date in 2019. We are so excited and honored to celebrate our big day with all of you!

Matt's Story:

I can still remember the exact day that I met Katie. We went to a College Life summer style event on a Tuesday in August of 2019. After watching a movie, the whole group walked across the street to taco bell to hang out and get some late night dinner. I ordered and got my food, but most the tables were filled, except one. And there Katie was, sitting with some friends, when I was graciously invited to come sit and talk. From then on, our friendship blossomed. In the following months, our days consisted of hanging out with friends, liking each others facebook posts, studying in the library, watching inter-mural dodgeball games and just getting to know each other more and more.

Then, one cold December night after a dodgeball game, I mustered the courage to do something I'd been wanting to ask: if Katie would accompany me at the movies to watch Frozen 2. Katie agreed, and after our College Life Christmas Party, we watched the movie. I drove her home late after the movie, and we sat there in the parking lot of her apartments for well over 4 hours. We sat and talked until 3 am, neither of us even realizing the amount of time we spent doing so. That was the first moment I felt that something was different about Katie, that I'd never felt before. And that was the start of everything for us. Since that night, we have been at each other's side, doing basically everything with one another.

We've built a life filled with countless adventures; from the first time we went and looked at Christmas lights, to watching each other graduate, to supporting her as a rodeo queen, to going on several camping and racing trips, to the day I asked her to marry me. There is not a single doubt in my mind that Katie is the person I'm meant to be with. We've shared so many memories together already, and I know that our lives together are going to be filled even more adventures.

K&M

Wedding Day