In February 2021, Kellen and Megan met each other on a popular dating app called "Hinge". Kellen was living in Belmont, California and working for a new start-up called Plenty. Megan was living in Oakland, CA and commuting to UCSF to work as a Nurse Practitioner. Despite living an hour apart from each other, the two still decided to meet up for a first date.

Megan proposed the idea of getting "Chicago style pizza" at a famous bay area place called Zachary's. In retrospect, this was a very bold suggestion considering Kellen grew up in Chicago and has a lot of opinions about pizza! They shared many slices in a nearby park, talking about their love for birds, travel and San Diego. The pizza clearly passed Kellen's test since there were many more dates to come.

Three months later, Kellen moved to Pacifica and Megan followed shortly after. She really moved to be closer to the most famous Taco Bell in the entire country, but for the sake of this story, we will say she moved for love.

After sharing many adventures together including sky diving, camping, more pizza and a trip to Hawaii - the couple decided it was time to take the leap and move to San Diego. In June 2023, Kellen and Megan moved to Solana Beach and started to create their dream life. But something was missing...

So they took a cruise to the Caribbean. Kellen and Megan swam with pigs in the ocean, snorkeled in the Bahamas, tasted rum from Jamaica and had the most amazing time. Megan's mom was hoping for an engagement announcement, but instead she got rum cake (a very tasty rum cake).

Then 2024 came around, and still something was missing...

And so they adopted a puppy and named her "Birdie!" She quickly became the center of their world. Nothing bonds two people more then waking up every hour to potty train their pup. But something still felt like it was missing...

So in July 2024, they left on a trip of a lifetime to Tanzania where they hiked Kilimanjaro and did a Safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. On August 6th, Kellen proposed to Megan at the top of the crater with the sunrise in the background.

Now the only thing missing is a big wedding to celebrate!

Q + A coming soon!