The first time Sam and Tyler met was out of the blue on New Year's Eve in 2018 at a mutual friend’s house party. Tyler walked up the stairs from the basement and found a cozy little spot on the couch in the living room next to Sam. They got to talking and somehow made plans to go on a date a few days later. The date was fun, and they enjoyed their time together, but Tyler had to go back to school for his last semester of college in Sioux City, Iowa and Sam had to continue her degree at UNO. It seemed that Tyler couldn’t stop thinking about Sam because he invited her on a pizza date and Sam couldn’t resist. At this time, Tyler had moved back to Omaha and Sam was finishing up her last year of college. They talked about their plans for the future and the conversation never dulled. They never stopped hanging out after that day and their friends knew that this fun and easy-going duo would spend their lives together. Sam slowly started to spend more time living at Tyler’s house and two years later they made the leap to move in together. Another two years went by, and Tyler got down on one knee (in the cold!) in the newly renovated Gene Leahy Mall to propose to the girl he knew he was meant to spend the rest of his life with; that same stunning girl he found a cozy spot next to, on a little couch in his friend's living room.