Reid and Mikayla grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same school, and even traveled on a school trip to Europe together but it wasn't until March of 2017 that they actually met each other. They met at a party at CSU and after that, they spent many afternoons in the library, many weekends hanging out with friends, and spent basically every day together since. In the summer of 2018, Reid studied abroad in Prague and Mikayla went to visit at the end. They then traveled around Europe for a week. Reid and Mikayla enjoyed Fort Collins spending time with friends, watching Reid play hockey, and planning low-budget date nights and road trips. Reid graduated in December of 2019 and then the world shut down quickly after and Mikayla's graduation was canceled. During the summer of 2020, they both moved back home with their parents. In the summer of 2021, Mikayla started a master's program and Reid was a great support system while they moved a couple of times, switched jobs, and still had many date nights and road trips where they started visiting the national parks. Mikayla graduated in December of 2022 and in January 2023 they began planning to save up for a house. They moved in with Reid's parents for the year and by October of 2023, they were ready to buy a house. The weekend they decided to put in an offer on a house Reid planned a trip to Garden of the Gods because his hockey team was playing in a tournament. When they got to Garden of the Gods Reid got down on one knee and proposed. Later the next day their offer got accepted on the house!