Jayden and Kyra’s story began ten years ago on New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2016.

It all started at a New Year’s party where Kyra may have had one too many Jäger shots, and Jayden a few too many beers. As Kyra made her way down the stairs, she noticed Jayden and thought he was pretty cute. Summoning her liquid courage, she asked him to play beer pong with her even though she wasn’t exactly skilled at it. Jayden agreed, but little did she know, he wasn’t much better. After losing every ball, the two got creative and made a “replacement” ball out of a crushed beer can. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t work so they gave up on the game and settled in to talk, sharing a random carton of apple juice they’d found nearby.

As they chatted, Kyra mentioned that she lived on a farm and loved scary movies. To her surprise, Jayden did too. They talked for hours before parting ways at the end of the night. When Jayden said he was walking home, Kyra worried about him trekking back to his farm only to later discover he actually lived just one house down.

Luckily, they had added each other on Snapchat. Jayden kept messaging Kyra, even when she ghosted him for a couple of weeks (persistence pays off!). Eventually, they went on their first date then another, and another and by March 26th, 2016, they officially became a couple.

From there, life took them through so many milestones together: watching each other graduate high school, moving to Lethbridge for school, getting their first cat Munchkin, then realizing one cat wasn’t enough and adding Odin to the mix, and graduating college to begin their careers.

Eventually, they decided to move to Calgary to be closer to family and after years of being asked “When’s the engagement?” at every family gathering, Jayden finally popped the question.

Now, after a decade of laughter, adventures, and love, Kyra and Jayden are so excited to celebrate their marriage surrounded by their favorite people.