On August 7, 2021, two co-workers from Camp Luther met up in Wausau, WI to hike the Rib Mountain Quarry Trail.

One, home for her birthday weekend before starting her sophomore volleyball campaign at Winona State University; the other, finishing his last summer working at Camp and soaking up the remaining weekends left before senior year at Concordia University Wisconsin.

Prior to this, Taylor and Bennett had spent the summer sharing in the joys and laughter of life as camp counselors.

A friendship sparked by a conversation about mutual love of Culver's slowly and steadily turned into late-night stargazing, McDonald's trips into Eagle River, and watching Friends together.

On the night of August 7, the sky seemed to stay in 'golden hour' for an eternity. Up on the quarry, two Camp friends became close friends, and the evening hike turned into a weekend sharing time together at Taylor's parents' house.

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In mid-September, Bennett traveled 3.5 hours from CUW to watch Taylor play for the first time. Many times throughout the cross-state drive, he wondered how the weekend would go - however, he was confident about one thing: he wanted to leave with Taylor as his girlfriend, knowing all he wanted was to be around her more and more.

On September 19, 2021, Bennett got his wish, and Taylor got her crush :)

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The last two years have taken us from "long-distance" to "longer-distance" and back again. Across 1,500 miles, 5 CO-->WI road trips, 4 plane rides, and countless hours on FaceTime, one thing has remained the same - the realization that God has given us an immense blessing of being able to share life together.

We have gone from co-workers who loved sports to the future Reislers, and we could not be more grateful for every step of our long-distance journey.

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We are beyond humbled by the love of our family & friends, and are incredibly excited to be able to celebrate the gift of marriage with you all in June. See you soon!

~ B & T

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