It all started back in 2018 while Emmy was in her first year of grad school in Charleston, IL, and Jake was at the end of his baseball career, living in Ann Arbor, MI at the time. As many love stories start these days… they found one another on Instagram and started DM-ing. Given the physical distance between them, this “friendship” at the time was very short lived. In 2019, Jake accepted a job and relocated to sunny Scottsdale, conveniently where Erin (M.O.H) was living as she finished grad school, too! Between 2018-2020, Emmy made numerous trips out to visit Erin, and despite a handful of efforts on both Jake and Emmy’s part, these short visits were never quite long enough to find time to spend together. Fast forward to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emmy graduated and decided she wanted a change of scenery while “studying” for board exams, so her & Erin rented a month-long Airbnb right in the heart of Scottsdale. Little did they know… this Airbnb was less than a mile away from Jake’s apartment!! Just days after Emmy flew to AZ, Emmy & Jake had their first “date” which consisted of dinner and wine at Jake’s apartment, thanks to the COVID lockdown. But, both of them would argue that they wouldn’t have it any other way - they hit it off immediately. The next few weeks consisted of seeing each other nearly every day and “dating backwards” given that most restaurants, bars, and activities were shut down. Through hiking, cooking, lounging by the pool, and taking day trips to unique spots like Sedona, their connection only grew stronger. Two weeks into their month-long Airbnb stay… Emmy & Erin decided they were having too much fun, and extend their rental by another month and a half. Towards the end of that summer, Emmy finally returned to IL to *actually* study & pass board exams. Through the rest of the fall and winter, Emmy and Jake found ways to continue seeing one another, from Jake visiting IL, to Emmy visiting AZ, to them meeting “halfway” and adventuring around Colorado! Every time they said their goodbyes, they were already planning their next chance to see each other. At the beginning of 2021, Emmy accepted a job in Phoenix and, finally, moved to Scottsdale & in with Jake. And the rest is history!