The invisible string theory is the idea that there is always an unbreakable string connecting you to your soulmate throughout your life until one day, at the right place and the right time, you end up together. It's the belief that the relationship is not simply determined by the choices that you make, but by fate you are brought together.

We have always thought about that theory when thinking about our relationship together. Looking back at our childhoods, Rachel would visit her mom's side (the Devine's) in Wauwatosa just 5 short minutes away from where Jacob grew up in his family home. There are countless times where we could've crossed paths in Milwaukee. It wasn't until years later that we would both end up at the University of St. Thomas, where in a class of thousands of incoming freshmen, we were just tables away at orientation. From all of the overlapping friendships, to the times passing each other in The View, it wouldn't be until intramural soccer that we would meet for the first time, then finally senior year we went on our first date after spending a semester in a Derivatives Investment finance course. The idea that we have somehow always been connected throughout our lives, has been something we have loved to talk about over the years.

Like mentioned above, we met at the University of St. Thomas in 2017 while playing intramural soccer together. Jacob has played soccer all his life, starring as the goalie once again. Rachel on the other hand... let's just say soccer wasn't her main sport but her roommate played and convinced her to join with her. It wasn't until a few years later in the fall of our senior year, we took one of the toughest finance courses, Derivatives Investment. Rachel was the only girl in the class and almost dropped the class because of it, but we had a fantastic professor that kept her in. After countless free coffees from Stacks where Rachel worked (and later found out Jacob only likes black coffee...), Jacob finally asked her out and the rest is history. We went to Cosetta's for dinner where we sat and talked for hours until we realized they were closing and had to leave, but that was only the beginning.

Since that night, our invisible string has never been shorter. We spent every moment we could together with friends, enjoying our senior year until Covid brought that to a screeching halt. Jacob moved back home to Milwaukee and Rachel moved back home to Delano. This began our 2 years of long distance. The 5 hour car rides there and back didn't stop us. We got to use this opportunity to spend lots of time with each others families, spending weeks at each of our parents homes. Jacob then took the leap and moved to Minnesota where we got our first apartment together in West End, just outside of Minneapolis. With Jacob in Minnesota, we spent lots of time with friends exploring breweries, going to Twins games, cabin trips up north, celebrating friends' weddings and so much more. Over the years we've come to love road trips together, especially to national parks, and simply any travel together. Little did we know what 2023 would bring us. We unexpectedly adopted our cat, Mia, in March of 2023. A few months later in June, we took a trip to one of our favorite national parks, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, where Jacob got down on one knee at 5:30 am and asked the big question. It was an easy yes! The summer was filled with celebrating weddings, trips around the US, house hunting, and eventually buying our first home together! Shortly after buying our home, we took a trip with another couple to Europe where we visited London, Paris and Dublin. When we got home, we adopted another member into our family, Goose our golden retriever!

Our life together already has been so full of love, fun, laughter, travel, the best friendships, the most incredible and supportive family. We are so beyond grateful for each of your in our lives, you have all played a role in making us the people we are today and supporting us in our relationship. We love you all and cannot wait to celebrate!