Brian and Kim both grew up in Belleville, Illinois and attended the same high school. After graduating from high school, Brian and Kim left Illinois and headed off to Florida to continue their separate lives. Brian got drafted by the New York Mets and went to Port St Lucie and Kim went to college at the University of Miami. Brian and Kim stayed in touch here and there throughout the years—- in fact, Kim was at the game when Brian first got moved up to the major-leagues with the Florida Marlins and got to see his first major league hit. Brian and Kim remained friends and went on to other life adventures until 2013, when they reconnected and started dating, eventually moving in together in Chicago, IL. In 2017, Brian and Kim relocated to Jupiter, Florida where Brian’s employer, the Washington Nationals, opened a new spring training facility. Brian and Kim currently live in Jupiter, Florida- they love the decision they made to head back to South Florida after so many years being gone. Now, they are right back to where they first started when they left Belleville.
After a few beers- day drinking for Kim’s birthday- at a beautiful bar facing the Jupiter Lighthouse, Brian finally proposed to Kim at the Juno Beach pier just a few miles away from their house. Kim doesn’t quite remember the proposal because she was so shocked and surprised on the beach. After she calmed down, she said YES! Brian and Kim’s wedding ceremony and reception will take place with the same beautiful backdrop of the water and Jupiter lighthouse as the place they visited earlier in the day before they were engaged.