When we first met on a Gottke family beach vacation to the Outer Banks in 2011, Anne was smitten, while Forrest has a vague memory of one of Rachel's "very pale" friends. In the intervening years, we missed each other here and there until the fated beach vacation in 2022 when Anne, Rachel and Langley High School pal Melissa stayed in Forrest's Folly Beach home. While he was mostly consumed with angrily fixing a plumbing issue in the house that weekend, he also had time to fall DEEPLY IN LOVE with Anne, and the rest is history! Seven cross country road trips and 12,054 miles later, Forrest proposed in New Orleans in April 2024. We are so excited to celebrate our wedding with all of our favorite people!