When Matt and Kelsey met, Matt was dressed like this, dancing with a crowd of college freshmen on top of Leland Stanford's grave at the annual Halloween party.

During Sophomore College, they bonded over a love of Ike's Sandwiches. Matt facebook-messaged Kelsey that he had a gift card to the Cheesecake Factory for his birthday, and Kelsey responded that she likes food. The bond became inseparable, starting with their shared hatred of Cheesecake.

Having made it through the trials and tribulations of studying abroad, dorms on opposite sides of campus, and endless midterms, Matt and Kelsey Wacky Walked right out of undergrad and into cruise contracts and full-time architecting.

After a year of long-distance, Kelsey joined Matt in NYC when they moved into their first apartment together in the Upper West Side.

Kelsey issued Matthew a Request for Proposal (RFP - open to public submittal).

Initial plans to travel to Tahoe were postponed due to travel restrictions and lockdowns, so Matt arranged for a video call consultation with tattoo artist Idexa Stern of Black & Blue Tattoo. This consisted of a therapy session recounting some of Matt and Kelsey's favorite memories, shared interests, and personality quirks. (Photo taken a year later). About the design: https://tinyurl.com/uk8wbmhz

Matt and Kelsey got their engagement tattoos.

Matt officially submitted his proposal, while celebrating his 30th birthday with friends and family in Tahoe.