Kyle and I met in September of 2007 as freshmen at RIT. We became close friends around the end of 2007 and in January of 2008 we officially started dating. We have spent the last 10 years together through the bad and the good. We have adventured across the United States (thrice), traveled to different parts of the world together, and started a little fur family of our own. We look forward to officially tying the knot and spending the rest of our lives together traveling and expanding our fur family.

I first met Kait our freshman year at RIT. She was the prettiest girl in our whole dorm. We became friends quickly and started hanging out regularly. I knew I wanted to date her but I thought she was out of my league and she would never go for somebody like me. One night Kait lost her shoe in the snow on the way back from a party and I knew this was my chance to prove myself to her. Just like in Cinderella I thought if I could find her missing shoe then we would be together happily ever after. In the morning I looked long and hard and finally found the missing shoe. After this we became even closer and during the winter that year I visited her at home and spent a magical Christmas with her and her family. We finally became a couple in January and we were inseparable. We went on lots of trips together and eventually moved in together. We have moved across the country twice together and raised an amazing dog we are both really proud of. The journey we have shared together has been both rocky and smooth but I would not change Kait for anyone else and I look forward to spending my life with her enjoying all our future adventures.

Fall of 2007

Mark and I moved Kyle into his dorm room at RIT.

Christmas that year

We were looking forward to spending time with Kyle and hearing all about how his freshman year was going. Little did we know! I think he was home for about a day when he announced that a friend had invited him to Long Island for New Years Eve. Hmmm, I wonder who this friend is.

We met Kait 2 months later when Kyle brought her to Oswego on his birthday weekend. We knew she was a keeper when she passed the big sister critique. We baked a cake, got pedicures, watched movies, talked, and laughed. When Kait left the room Rene promptly sent me a text message that said, "I like her". Before Kait no one was good enough for her little bro. Kait seemed to fit in nicely with our crazy family.

Over the years we've had the opportunity to get to know Kait and we're excited for her to move up the alphabet 11 letters to join our family and become a Backer.

Anne & Mark

PS Kait, thanks for coming to our rescue the day we broke down with the Spitfire..

Kait never dated or had a boyfriend all through High School because "Boys are too much trouble".
In 2007 Kaitlin started school at RIT and when she came home for Christmas break she told me " I like this boy in my dorm, he's so cute and we have been hanging out a lot lately", what is his name I asked and Kait said "Kyle Backer". No sooner did she get his name out of her mouth and there was a package delivered for Kaitlin McDonald. It's from Kyle she said as she opened up the box and pulled out a stuffed penquin. Oh my God, he knows I love penquins! I can't believe he sent me this, he is so thoughtful, can I ask him to come visit for New Years? I said OK and Kyle came for a visit. That was over 10 years ago but we knew from day one
that Kyle was the perfect partner for Kaitlin and a perfect addition to our family. We love him like a son and he is certainly Kait's first, last and everything! Can't wait for May 19, 2018.