On a warm February day Carolyn was working at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club when Stephen and some friends came in to play. Stephen was hanging in the back, but Carolyn quickly noticed his Oregon Duck's hat and commented. Stephen finally noticed after his friends nudged him that a girl was talking to him. They made small talk before the guys headed out to golf. While playing Stephen's friends convinced him to go back and talk to Carolyn and try to ask her out. Stephen didn't quite make the jump to asking for a date, but made a tee time for the following day instead. 24 hours later Carolyn remembered Stephen and again started making small talk, even though she was annoyed he came so late to play golf. After locking his keys in his car and being forced to wait around Stephen asked Carolyn if she would like to play golf sometime and got her number. As February weather goes it got cold again and they couldn't play golf for quite some time, however they hit it off with text messages and a first date in downtown Grand Rapids. Even though Stephen was moving to Oregon to start Law School a few months later they decided to stick it out and have since made it through several moves. They can't wait to spend the day with family and friends celebrating their love and living happily ever after.