Olympic gold medal-winning skier Lindsey Vonn has said yes to professional ice hockey player P.K. Subban’s proposal. They first met two years ago at the Nickelodeon sports show that takes place after the ESPYs, where P.K. chatted with Lindsey and her younger sister Karin. “Karin’s the one who was working really, really hard for me,” P.K. laughs. “I was obviously interested in wanting to talk to Lindsey. But at the time, she was already dating [someone else], so I couldn’t really speak to her.”

When Lindsey eventually became single again, P.K. reached out, and for the first four months, all they did was talk while she was on tour skiing in Europe. “We spoke on the phone every day,” P.K. says. “Then, on Christmas Day, I went home to see my family, and after brunch, I hopped on a plane to Denver, and then drove three hours to get to Vail in a snowstorm to see her.” It was only the second time he’d seen Lindsey in person, and he proceeded to meet her whole family.

“Right off the bat, I knew he was different,” Lindsey reveals. “But I’d been married before, so I was pretty hesitant to let myself think that I could find someone that I would want to be married to again. After a few months of dating, I knew he was the one I wanted to be with, though. He makes me happy, and he’s so positive and energetic.”

P.K. felt similarly. “Going there on Christmas Day, and leaving my family to do that, really proved to myself that I really liked her,” he admits. “I knew that I was all in. I didn’t know I would get married or engaged, but I knew that she had the potential to be the person whom I could spend the rest of my life with.”

After P.K.’s grand Christmas gesture, the relationship progressed quickly. P.K. has always been one for romance: “For Valentine’s Day, I’m the kind of guy who brings in a chef and gets flowers. I’m just like that; I don’t have to think about it,” he says. But for the proposal, he didn’t want to put on a show. “I wanted it to be very personal and about how serious I’m taking it,” he says. “It’s about us and our family. I kept it close to the chest.”