Chris and Kate first met at a Phillies game in 2010. Chris was in town visiting from Colorado and meeting up with his and Kate's mutual friends. Chris and Kate became acquaintances, but only from a distance, since they lived across the country from each other.

Fast forward to 2016. Chris moves home to Pennsylvania from Colorado to be closer to his family. He and Kate begin to run into each other over and over due to their mutual friends in the area. First, at a show the night before Thanksgiving at Ardmore Music Hall. Kate was called off from work that night and was able to hang out the entire night with Chris.

Next, at Holly and Julian's Christmas gathering, a rousing game of "fishbowl" led Chris to notice Kate, even more. This was only after she acted out as a flamingo, which she does quite well.

Finally, on New Years Day of 2017, Chris decided to call Kate. They had previously exchanged numbers at the Christmas Party weeks prior. Chris knew that he was near where Kate lived during the Mummer's Day Parade and wanted to see her. He gave her a call, but she turned him down. She had spent the night before in NYC at Madison Square Garden seeing her favorite band, Phish. Kate apologized to Chris for her decline, but she was tired and had work the next day. (Classic excuse.) Chris remained persistent. After multiple texts and convincing, Kate figured, why not?

Kate agreed to meet Chris for one drink, and the rest was history.

They slowly started to spend more time together and realized that they had a lot more in common than either of them could have imagined. As the months went on in 2017, they became very close, shared lots of fun dates and laughs and began their very special, loving relationship.

On April Fool's Day of that year in 2017, Chris told Kate that he was falling in love with her, and she was falling for him as well.

Kate and Chris chose their wedding weekend to reflect upon April Fool's Day, which has become one of their favorite days to celebrate springtime and their love for one another.

Thank you so much for celebrating in our love!

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