Once upon a time late in the month of May 2018, Sheldon and Amanda were invited to Tanner and Cailee Wenger’s house in Washington, Iowa for the diaper party held in honor of their first child. Sheldon was high school friends with Tanner and going to dental school in Iowa City at the time. Amanda was a friend and coworker to Cailee in Washington. Unbeknownst to the other, Sheldon and Amanda asked the Wengers about each other shortly after that get together. The Wengers saw this as an opportunity to set them up! They continued to invite the two to their place to help assemble their outdoor patio one weekend in June, then to a post-patio building party early August. After talking over the summer and Sheldon's attempts to get Amanda over for coffee, Sheldon accepted Amanda's invite to a Hawkeye football game that fall. On September 15th, 2018, they sat at the 50 yard line for their first official date which sparked a strong and growing relationship. In July 2022, Sheldon and Amanda went to North Carolina for their first true vacation together. The morning of July 17th, Sheldon and Amanda went for a walk on Coquina Beach to look for sea glass. Sheldon gave Amanda something better than sea glass, a ring! They are excited to share their happily ever after with everyone in Des Moines on September 15th, 2023!