Our story began on October 2, 2021 with a fortuitous encounter at a football tailgate prior to the Georgia Bulldogs smoking the Arkansas Razorbacks. Anna was in the last year of her PhD whereas Nathaniel was just beginning his. The play clock was winding down! Fortunately the student lottery ticket football gods were on their side, and they both had tickets to the game. They sat next to each other at the game, and evidently Nathaniel gave a good first impression because Anna kept inviting him to hangout with her and her friends. Having no friends himself, he was thrilled. It soon became clear that Anna meant business. Nathaniel asked Anna out for drinks on a cold December day during winter break. Their first date was a bar crawl through Athens starting at Trappeze Pub. What was supposed to be a couple hour date turned into around six! Their relationship quickly bloomed. Anna and Nathaniel fell more in love doing many fun things together: camping and hiking in the North Georgia mountains, attending orchestral performances, and visiting each others families in Kentucky and Illinois. At the end of 2022 Anna moved to North Carolina for her job, but no amount of never-ending construction on I-85 could get between them. Nathaniel proposed to Anna on July 1, 2023 while they were hiking to a cheese farm in the beautiful Austrian Alps to the sound of cow bells. Anna said yes (hence the website)! We look forward to celebrating the beginning of our marriage!