Kyle and Reese met when working at Jody's Restaurant in Rockford, Michigan when they were 16. They remained work acquaintances for two years while Reese became friends with Kyle's sisters Mara and Emma. Toward the end of senior year of high school, they started talking and flirting at work and at school events, which led to Reese asking Kyle to see a play with her. Despite not liking plays, Kyle agreed and asked Reese on the first official date after the play was over.

After dating for a few weeks, Kyle asked Reese to be his girlfriend on July 10, 2022 (this is why July 10, 2026 is the wedding date--only one anniversary date to remember!).

After a month of dating, Kyle and Reese entered their first year of college, Kyle at Taylor University in Indiana and Reese at GVSU in Michigan. So began the long distance. Due to being a three and a half hour drive away from each other, and dealing with two completely different college schedules, they quickly learned the importance of communication. Throughout the first few months of their relationship, Kyle and Reese became very close and looked forward to every occasional weekend visit.

Throughout freshman, sophomore, and junior year, long distance continued, with Christmas and summer breaks to be together.

On May 31, 2025, Kyle took Reese to get ice cream then to Pickerel Lake in Rockford, where they went on their first date. Here, he led her around the lake on a trail and ended up at the edge of the lake, where he conveniently dropped a sticky note behind him. Sticky notes were how they first started flirting, by leaving notes to each other during or after work at Jody's. This specific note, however, had the most important question. Kyle got down on one knee, gave Reese a nervous speech, and asked her to marry him. Of course, since this website exists, she said yes!

This next year holds lot of things for the couple. They will finish up their senior years looking forward to being together every day and planning their wedding over Facetime. Reese will apply to Physical Therapy graduate school, work an internship, be vice president of the Pre-PT Club, be an intern with Campus Ministry at Grand Valley, and graduate with a degree in clinical exercise science. Kyle is finishing his internship during the summer of 2025, will run his last seasons of cross country and track for Taylor University, lead a small group bible study, be involved in his senior engineering project, start his job and apartment search, and graduate from Taylor with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Please reach out if you would like to know more about us! Reese: (616) 600-2102 Kyle: (616) 570-1896

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