Katie and Nick Relationship facts
What Katie and Nicholas did for their first in-person date
Skydiving and stargazing on Mt. Rainer
The extra body part that Katie was born with
extra thumb
How Nicholas would describe his job in 3 words
Paid power drama
Katie and Nicholas’ wedding date
April 12th, 2025
Average cost of a wedding in the U.S.
$33,000
When Nick knew he wanted to marry Katie
Summer 2024- finally made it through hard conversations and found peace in where our faith was at. Saw how intentional Katie is with her relationships- like going out of her way to celebrate my birthday.
Katie's second language
Russian
The age at which Nick became an Eagle Scout
14
The start time of the ceremony
3pm
The reason why St. Valentine is famous
He officiated marriages illegally and was martyred.
When Katie knew she wanted to marry Nicholas
November 2023- not a specific time, but this was when Katie realized she was willing to fight for their relationship.
Katie's favorite hobby
reading
How Nicholas broke his tooth in half
Bit into a crunch candy bar
The wedding colors
Navy blue and English rose
The largest wedding destination in the U.S.
Las Vegas (Hawaii is number 2!)
What Nick spilled in his car while moving to a new house in Bellingham
A Costco sized bag of rice
Katie's favorite toy growing up
Barbies
The subject matter of Nicholas' middle school speech
Pencil manufacturing
The number of people in the bridal party.
16- 8 groomsmen and 8 bridesmaids
The average age that people get married in the U.S. (Give an age for men and women)
Men: 30.4
Women: 28.6
(as of 2021)
Katie’s favorite Nicholas quote:
“On a scale from my love of engineering to my hatred of needles, I'll have to go with my love for you is as vast as my knowledge in parallelograms” -Nicholas Szemer
Original criteria for Katie's ideal man
"Loves the Lord, loves me, loves my mom, intentional with my family, has a job, funny, physically strong, speaks Russian, was a missionary kid."
The reason Nicholas has a rock collection
He used to imagine their shapes as characters to play with from video games and movies.
Other than the actual MARRIAGE, what Katie predicts her favorite part of the wedding will be
Waking up with my best friends and all getting ready together!
The length of the legal waiting period between receiving your marriage license and when you can get married in Washington state.
3 days. Make sure Katie gets her marriage license before April 9th :)