Back in September of 2020, Andrea was living in Greeley, Colorado and had just adopted her dog, Bodie. Peter was finishing up his last year in the USMC, but was back on leave for his sister's wedding. Andrea's friend Emily is a wedding photographer (she'll be the one with the camera on May 4th!). One evening she texted Andrea, "I'm shooting a wedding and the brother of the bride is cute. I'm going to give him your number.". She sent Andrea a picture of Peter with his sister, Rachel, and she immediately noticed his dimples 😍. It was unclear how old this handsome Marine was and whether or not he was single... But Emily persevered. Andrea had a good laugh about the young Marine and thought, there is no way he'll be into this old lady! Later that night Emily told Andrea that she would never hear from this guy... He wasn't into the idea of being set up. They had a good laugh and Andrea thought that was that! The next night however, she got a text from Peter! They texted over the next couple of days and were both pleasantly surprised by how easy it was. So Peter asked Andrea to meet up for coffee! He rolled up in his mom’s car and tried to park far away, embarrassed of his mom-mobile. She thought he was even cuter in person and loved that he made her laugh. After that, Peter went back to Quantico, VA. He and Andrea continued talking every day for the next 5 months. Andrea made vague comments about her ‘friend’ to her family and Peter, didn’t tell anyone, anything, true to form. 😉 At the end of January, Peter came back to Colorado on leave and took Andrea on their first official date. They went to Bigsby Folly Winery where they had a private blending session with their head winemaker. (Great first date! Major brownie points!) Andrea and Peter got to make their own blend of wine, bottle it, and create custom labels! Andrea put Bodie on hers (of course) and Peter used a photo he took while kayaking. After that, Peter visited Andrea in Greeley and met Bodie. Peter cooked his famous Carne Asada and Andrea pretended to like her meat cooked medium rare (she has since come clean). They hiked Devil’s Backbone. And on February 3rd, when Peter asked Andrea if she wanted to go steady, she replied, “Are you sure? There’s like a lot of people you’re going to have to meet.”. For 3 years now, Andrea has been introducing Peter to like a lot of people... 😉 Since then, Peter adopted a cat, Clementine. Moved to Greeley. They visited New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, Washington and Puerto Rico... Where Peter planned and executed the most perfect proposal... Which leads them right here! They can't wait to be married and to get to celebrate with all of you!