Our Story

Perfect time, perfect person

From barely a conversation in Korea, a 7 month gap, then dating “long distance” for just over 8 months on opposite ends of the world, we most certainly don’t have the typical story. But from our first 7 hr conversations, we have fallen deeper and deeper in love. So many obstacles to overcome while navigating a 14 hr time difference, opposite ends of the earth, first dates over an iPad, movies shared over poor Wi-Fi connections. Yet every day, no matter the distance, brought us closer and closer.

How it began

From the very first day they met 7th December 2020

Favorite activity together

We LOVE playing Super Mario together, it gets intense!

We are also active, and love going bouldering!

The dorkiest thing about us is

We always have to be touching.
If we aren’t in the same place (the start of our relationship being long distance, and any night one of us is away), we have the iPad on so we can still go to sleep together.
We come up with a lot of random dorky things…
Our latest is our fiancé handshake “fiiiiiiiaaaanCE!”….guess we will need a new one once we tie the knot!

We met

7 December 2020

From barely a conversation in Korea, a 7 month gap, then dating “long distance” for just over 8 months on opposite ends of the world

First Date night

5th August 2021

Few days later when Chantelle and Zach both agreed to go on a date after we got back home in Detroit

Proposal

11th June 2022

I custom designed the ring, had it burning a hole in my pocket for months!!!! I double and triple checked it every day until The Day.

To be honest, all my plans fell through. Hilariously!! Then my poor Shona got sick and I had to push back even my alternate plans.

Finally, it was spur of the moment. It was a regular evening of chatting over Domino’s Pizza. I couldn’t take it any more.

So i sneakily prepared her fave drinks (mango mimosas) to take to her fave beach (Balmoral) and we laid in the sand talking for over an hour. Mostly me nervously talking and talking….till finally the moment felt right!

Once she was done laughing and hyperventilating, I got up onto my one knee.
Asked her properly…… And she made me not only the happiest, but the luckiest man in the entire world.

Marriage

4:30pm 18 September 2022

Gunners Barracks

Suakin Dr, Mosman NSW 2088, Australia

Footloose

Sparkler Farewell