Kristina and Christopher's love story began at a place they both never would have thought..... the GYM. L.A. Fitness, yes that is where the two love birds found each other. Kristina joined the gym in September of 2012. Chris had just moved from Centereach to Levittown to save money. He then joined L.A. Fitness. Kristina and Chris would go to the gym at least 4x a week. Kristina would go with her friend, always wore a hat and had tunnel vision (She would never look at anyone). One day Kristina was walking to the Stair Master with her friend and climbed up to see her friend walking to the water fountain with some guy. She thought to herself, "hmm what is she doing talking to him?" Her friend came back to meet her on the Stair Master and said "so this guy just came up to me at the water fountain thinking you were going to come with me to fill your water up and he asked me if you had a boyfriend." Kristina said "so what did you tell him?" She said " Well I said "Kinda since your seeing that other guy." Kristina wasn't too happy that she said Kinda since she was single and was just talking to another guy. It wasn't anything Serious. Anyway, Kristina came home to tell her mom, brother, and sister-in-law that some big muscle guy with a bunch of tattoos from the gym asked if she had a boyfriend. Kristina had said how she would never date him because his muscles were too big and she hates guys with tattoos. Her brother said "give it a chance" and she said "No way". Anyway, after that night Kristina didn't think too much into it anymore and continued to go to the gym and do her own thing. About a week later Kristina and her friend were working out on the shoulder press machine and turned her head to see that "Tank Top" (Kristina's nickname for Big Muscle Guy with tattoos who always wore a tank top) was on the machine next to her.

All of the sudden he said "Hi, My name's Chris." Kristina replied "Hi, My name is Kris too." Kristina and Chris had some small talk to find out that they lived in the same town, Levittown, and worked in the same town Farmingdale. They already had a few things in common. Chris then texted Kristina that same night and said "Hey Christina, its Chris from the gym." Kristina immediately replied with "My name starts with a K not a C." Chris should have known then what he was in for. LOL- Kristina the Firecracker :-). Their first date was to a glow in the dark mini golf place and Baskin Robins ice-cream. Chris then went in for the kill and asked if Kristina would join him in the Jacuzzi back at his place. Kristina accepted and that is where they shared their first kiss. On November 5, 2012 during the blackout of Hurricane Sandy Kristina and Chris were laying in his bed and he asked her if she would be his girlfriend. Kristina quickly responded "Yes" with such joy.

Kristina and Chris have always had a lucky number 3. It only took 3 minutes to get to each other's houses, 3 minutes to fall in love with each other, and now their family is made up of 3. For everyone who knows them, this beautiful love that Kristina and Chris share has not been easy and they have gone through many obstacles to test their Love. One thing that Chris has always said to Kristina is "No matter what we've gone through, we always come back to one another." Kristina and Chris believe Love is overcoming obstacles, facing challenges, fighting to be together, holding on and never letting go. Love is work, but most of all Love is realizing that every hour, every minute, every second of it was worth it because they did it together. <333