We met the way many young couples meet these days... Online.

Yep, that's right folks. True love started when we both "swiped right".

It wasn't always that easy. There was the connundrum of our first date at Hub City Ice Cream Company in Marshfield, WI. We both showed up underdressed and condensating from the hot summer sun. His shirt was stained and my makeup was coming off with my forehead sweat. (I know, pretty hot, right?). I made an embarrassingly bad joke about the "clean spoons" label on the utensils container, and he actually LAUGHED. I could have said yes right then and there.

We walked and talked for hours that day. Any Joe Schmoe passerby would have thought we were old friends out for a stroll.

The rest is basically history.

He was training to complete an Iron Man, and I had never counted calories a day in my life, but somehow we meshed. In that little 700 square foot apartment in Wisconsin, we bonded over stand up comedy, hiking, late night walks to get gas station cheesy bread, concerts, and spur of the moment road trips. Into the early hours of the morning, we could be found on a park bench or walking down a city street, unraveling the parables of our most treasured memories. It was our two year anniversary when he dropped to one knee and vowed to make me his best friend forever. I only cried for a few days.

Of course we couldn't have done it without the support of our family and friends. If you are reading this, just know that you hold a very special place in our hearts and we are forever grateful for the impact, big or small, that you have made in our future. Thank you, and we hope to see you when we say "I do"!

Much love- Jerry and Katie.