Alyssa and Andrew met April 21st, 2023. Just a few short months later, Andrew would pay an adult man to teach him magic. Alyssa didn't break up with him. That's when they knew they'd make it through anything.

It was only 4 days after meeting they decided to become exclusive. A mere 3 months before Pepper realized Andrew was an alternative food source and accepted him as a new parent. 8 months before Alyssa rearranged her hundreds of plants to make space for Andrew to move in. And just over 1 year before Andrew skidded through the kitchen to stop Alyssa from entering through the wrong door and potentially ruining his proposal.

Their love didn't have the hallmarks of a grand romantic movie. No awkward meeting, devastating heartbreak, or grand gesture to win back a scorned love. Instead it was just two people who immediately knew they found their person. They felt safe, they felt loved, and they knew they'd be married because there was no option in the world where they didn't choose each other.

They've spent much of their time traveling the world together. From Norway, to Poland, to Turkey, to Belgium, to the Netherlands, they've been busy. Making room in their lives to be with one another on work trips to support each other, and finding adventures along the way (like staying in a house boat in Amsterdam, making friends with a vintage pen collector in Istanbul, chasing the Northern Lights in a small fishing village, all while obsessively checking their phones for videos of Pepper). Though their adventures were great, so often their love grew most while sitting on the couch watching Bob's Burgers together.

And so importantly, their love story includes all of you. Both of their friends and families immediately welcoming the new partner into their lives, this wedding is a celebration of all of that.

The greatest part of their story is that it's just beginning; a lifetime of dancing, laughing, inventing, writing, chasing dogs and children. Andrew and Alyssa can't wait to share this day, and the rest of their lives, with each other and all of you.