Circa 2015. A young, brunette from West River walks into Wagner School District to visit her cousin for a day during classes. A blonde, bohemian young man, notices her smile and thinks, “Man, Brooklyn’s cousin is kind of hot.” Months later after sporadic contact during summers spent in Wagner, the two met up later under the stars and neon bar signs at the Dante Street Dance. The rest is written in history, but before the couple could become 1, there were 2 individual, likeminded souls.

Over the next seven years these individuals would go their own way. One went north to the Pride of the Prairie and the other south, to the premier university in South Dakota (Umm, excuse me?). However, their roads always would cross, whether at Wagner Labor Day or the Dante Street Dance and the spark was always there. Life continued on for both until a global pandemic brought life to a halt and brought Andrew and Rebecca back to the Wagner area. With nothing but time during Covid, the two got to know each other and breathe a little oxygen into the spark.

Life has been a long winding journey for both of us but now our roads lead in the same direction. For now, that road leads to Vermillion where Andrew will be attending Law School in the fall. Wherever our path takes us in the future, whether it's a road trip through the desert in a camper van or across the globe, we are so thankful for all the people we have met along the way. The beauty of life is the people we meet on our journey and the memories we make along the way. We are so thankful for all of you and look forward to many memories to come.