We met way back in 2009 at the wedding of our good friend, Sara. Despite having known many of the same people, we had actually never met prior to then. While Tim gave his best effort at wooing the lovely Kristen, the stars didn't quite align at that time, but we remained friends. We don't have any pictures together from Sara's wedding, but the picture above was taken in 2010, which is pretty close.

When Tim moved to Colorado in 2013, we lost touch (unfortunately) and went 8 years without contact. Even though Tim moved back to Florida in 2017, neither of us reached out to the other. But all that changed on one fateful day in 2021 (August 5, to be exact) when Kris sent a text to the last number she had and patiently waited to see if Tim would respond. He made her wait 20 whole minutes, like a jerk.

After doing lots of catching up over text, phone calls, and video calls, we decided to meet in person for what would end up being our first date. We got coffee at Curia on the Drag in Gainesville, FL on August 14, 2021, which happens to be Kristen's late-father's birthday. Kristen thought it was a good sign - it became clear pretty quickly that we would be spending a lot of time together after that, so that wonderful day became our anniversary.

Tim was still living in Palm Coast at the time, but after about a year, he moved to Gainesville, and we got an apartment together. About a year after that, we bought a house together. About a year after that, we got engaged. About 15 months after that, we'll have our wedding day! We want all of you to join us to celebrate our union that took 12 years to get started but has proven to us to be well worth the wait.