Colin and Katie met through Facebook dating. Both were hesitant about the app but decided to give it a shot and to this day they say it was by the grace of God that they matched. Luckily Colin has the patience of a saint and spent a couple months slowly gaining Katie's trust until she was finally ready to meet in person.

Their first date was at Duke's Seafood on Ruston Way in Tacoma WA in 2024. They enjoyed talking about shared interests, work, faith, and family. Once the date was over they both agreed they wanted to continue seeing each other and from there the rest is history!

Colin has always loved Star Wars and would talk to Katie about the Star Wars trading card game he would play on Monday nights. Although this was a foreign language to her, she did her best to listen and understand. Katie decided to showed Colin her old Pokémon card binder which inspired him to buy her some Pokémon packs while at his card tournaments. When Katie opened her very first pack, and pulled a Charizard they were hooked!

It was because of this shared love of Pokémon that they started watching Pat Flynn (DeepPocketMonster) on YouTube and learned about Card Party 3, the biggest Pokemon Card Convention, which Pat was hosting in Seattle on October 3rd-5th 2025. Colin got the idea to reach out to Pat during his first live stream for Card Party about the possibility of proposing. Pat and the Card Party staff loved the idea! Thanks to Pat's generous heart, he provided everything Colin would need to propose. Pat had the idea of Colin surprising Katie on stage by popping out of a Pikachu costume, and provided a coordinator, professional videographers, photographers, and a crew to help him in and out of the Pikachu costume. All Colin needed to do was bring the ring and per Pat's instructions "enjoy the most amazing day of your life!" To say they surprised Katie is an understatement. It will be a night they both will remember and cherish for the rest of their lives.

They are excited for their future Pokémon game room where they can display their Pokémon collection and play video games together with friends.

Colin and Katie are so excited to share their wedding day with everyone and are looking forward to adding some of their love of Pokémon to their special day as well.

They can't wait to see where this next adventure in life takes them, and are excited for their future children to pick their starter Pokémon!