It started on a boat. August 20, 2021, Lake Travis — their mutual friend Evan had invited them both out for a day of wake surfing, and Michael showed up first, Jersey Mike’s Italian in hand. They introduced themselves, said little else, and got on the water. Then Kamryn started talking about air fryers, and just like that, 45 uninterrupted minutes of food, travel, and stories followed. By the time the sun set over the lake, they both knew something was different.

The weeks that followed were full of small gestures. When Kamryn got sick, Michael showed up with tom kha gai and green curry from 888, a local Thai spot they’d talked about on the boat. Then came breakfast tacos from Grannie’s. Then, finally, chicken parm and red wine at her apartment — the kind of dinner that makes your intentions clear. They spent nearly every day together for that first month.

On September 22, 2021 — just over a month after that first boat ride — Michael asked Kamryn to be his girlfriend. They celebrated the way they’d continue to for years: by going somewhere. A beach trip to Galveston with friends. The first of many.

What came next is harder to summarize, because it never really stopped. Chicago. Charleston. Asheville. Mexico City. Cancún. St. Augustine. Tampa. Kiawah Island. And somehow, woven through all of it, over 15 weddings in two years — front-row seats to other people’s love stories while quietly building their own.

Mexico City was an early favorite. Rooftop sunsets, hot air balloons at dawn, street food around every corner. They knew then it would bring them back.

By 2024, the trips had grown bigger. Tulúm first, then the Philippines — Manila, Palawan, and Coron. Crystal lagoons, over-water bungalows, and some of the most beautiful water they’d ever seen.

From the Philippines, they made their way to Tokyo — wandering the back streets, eating everything, and somehow never running out of things to talk about.

Europe followed: Christmas in Paris, cobblestone streets in Lisbon and Porto, wine in the Douro Valley, golden afternoons in Comporta. Every city, every table, every late night somewhere new added another layer.

On Valentine’s Day 2026, Michael proposed to Kamryn in Mexico City — the city where so much of their story had already been written, surrounded by flowers, in a place that had always felt like theirs. She said yes.

They are so glad you’re here to celebrate with them, and they hope to welcome you the same way every great trip and every great meal has always welcomed them — with warmth, good wine, and the feeling that you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.