We met for the first time in person in Topeka in September, 2022. Our first date was at the Texas Roadhouse down the street from where we currently live together. For close to a year we dated long distance, only seeing each other in person on the weekends. Grant was living in Salina while Stefanie was living over 3 hours away in Girard. Although we lived far apart we would FaceTime together every night for over 2 hours. Grant proposed to Stefanie while on vacation in Destin, Florida on her birthday in August, 2023. We moved to Topeka together in late 2023. We are both excited to be married in October and look forward to a happy future together.