I realize if you are family or friends of Marty you may not have met me and some family and friends of mine have not met Marty. Let me introduce you.

Marty was born and raised in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. It's ok if you have never heard of it, it is in the middle of nowhere. Actually, half way between Pittsburgh and Buffalo is what he tells people. His parents are Jim Asalone and Mary Gee. He has an older sister, Stephanie who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He went to Sacred Heart elementary school and Elk County Catholic High School. Growing up he loved WWE, Nascar, Pirates baseball, and Penn State football. He played basketball and tennis in high school. He was also senior class vice president, a little league umpire and on his parish council, among other things. Marty ventured out in the world to Philadelphia to attend Temple University and major in broadcast advertising. There he was involved in just about everything: Catholic student center, Greek life, Owl ambassador/ tour guide, a resident advisor, a radio host. I know I'm missing a few things. He was known across campus as "Big Money." He was even elected homecoming king his senior year! Also during his time at Temple he auditioned for tv shows: American Idol and Stump the Schwab (ESPN's sports trivia show). While Randy told him "it was pitchy, dawg" and he did not make it to Hollywood, he did make it onto Stump the Schwab. Not only did he appear on the show, he stumped the Schwab and was invited back for two additional episodes. (If you have never heard of the show, ask your husband/boyfriend/father- they will be impressed). After working in advertising and sales for 2 NHL teams, he moved into corporate sales for an industrial supply company. After about a year of that on Long Island, he decided he wanted to move to the Midwest. He gave his boss a list of five places he would be willing to transfer to and Cincinnati just happened to have a position open! He made the trek out here in September 2014 and met me three months later. Then his life really began...

I think I am going to write this in third person so it doesn't feel as embarrassing.

Kelly was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her parents are Ron and Terri Lynch. She is the second of four children: Kevin (lives in Chicago with his wife Marissa), Kelly, Brian (lives in Cincinnati with wife Tiffany and two sons, Brayden and Colin) and Rebecca (in her third year of medical school in Georgia). Kelly attended St. Therese Little Flower grade school and McAuley High School (another good Catholic school kid). Unlike Marty, she peaked in 8th grade. She played volleyball, soccer and softball growing up but never attempted to try out for a high school sport. She was president of the first ever drama club at her grade school but was rejected from the only play she auditioned for in high school. She was a cantor at most masses and even signed "Silent Night" on Christmas Eve but can no longer carry a tune or wave her arms. She was the writer, director, producer and editor of LF's morning news station, which most weeks was canceled due to technical difficulties. In high school she chose to focus on much "cooler" activities: quiz bowl team and National Honor Society. She went to one SADD meeting but realized she wasn't that against destructive decisions. She was a church youth group and confirmation leader but went out to breakfast when she told her parents she was going to mass. But, believe it or not, she was actually a very good student and scored well on her SATs. After high school she decided to move an hour north to attend Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and major in math. She didn't get enough of the place in four years and decided to immediately get her Masters in Education. (Actually that was the plan all along.) Kelly really didn't do anything significant in college either, besides work (and spend all of her paycheck) at the local mall and as a math tutor for elementary algebra. The closest thing she came to an organized club or fraternity was her and her roommates calling themselves the "Broughton B*tches" (for the name of their street) or being Sloopy's groupies (the infamous Dayton bar where they got many free drinks). However, amazingly, a school actually hired Kelly after she graduated- a Catholic school at that! She taught at Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School for two years before getting laid off because parents no longer wanted to pay college tuition for high school education. After that, she worked at an online school, ECOT, for five years. She often referred to it as "working" there, not "teaching" there because what teacher only works 9am-3pm and sits at a desk all day?! However, she did earn teacher loan forgiveness for her time at ECOT, so it slightly makes up for how much she hated the job. Luckily, two years ago she was plucked from obscurity by Fairfield City Schools, just outside of Cincinnati, to help start their new alternative/blended learning school. It has been challenging, to say the least, but she will enter her third year at the Academy and her 10th year overall in just a few weeks! (Don't remind her- seriously, don't!)