Bailey and Katie met when Bailey transferred to Trinity sophomore year of high school (although Katie distinctly remembers being introduced at cotillion in seventh grade. Ouch). They became friends attending youth group at Reveille UMC and performing together at farmer’s markets and church events after graduation. Bailey kept an eye on Katie’s relationship status during college and eventually won her over at what may or may not have been a date at Little Nickel, depending who you ask. The rest was history! In May 2022, Bailey joined Katie on a cross-country drive from Richmond to Santa Monica for her summer internship. After a week of adventures, Bailey pulled off onto the Pacific Coast Highway and got down on one knee as they posed for a self-timer “photo” looking over the ocean. It was the perfect culmination of a nearly four-year-long distance relationship. Bailey will graduate from Duke Divinity with his Masters in Divinity and Clinical Pastoral Education certificate a week before the wedding (!), after which he will join Katie in Washington, DC for her last year at GW Law. Thank you for being part of our story thus far and in all that’s to come💛We are very grateful and very blessed!