Katie grew up in Rochester, NY and Braden grew up in Littlestown, PA. Fast forward to the end of high school graduation where they would both wind up at Juniata College. They first met Freshman year of college in an 8:00am class that occurred every Wednesday. Katie showed up bright and cheery every morning and Braden not wanting to be there. Every class Katie would turn around and smile at Braden and ask him "Any big tests today?" and he would say "no" every single time and return back to work, yet Katie would still ask EVERY Wednesday. Fast forward a few weeks later and Braden messaged Katie on twitter in the dining hall saying "Can you get me chocolate milk" and of course Katie did and brought it to his table, smiled and walked away. From there they dated the next four years of college. After both graduating from Juniata College, Katie went on to University of Pittsburgh to pursue her Masters in Developmental Psychology and Braden went to Penn State to continue his Physics and Engineering degree. The two spent the next 2.5 years with many weekends back and forth. Fast forward to May of 2021 when they bought their first house, December of 2021 where Braden popped the question, and January of 2022 where they brought their first fur baby home - sweet Beau - Now onto Marriage in September, 2023!