we can't wait to celebrate with you.

Even though we have known each other since high school, our story doesn't really begin until college. We both attended Central Michigan University for our undergraduate degrees. We had mutual friends and would see each other around campus and often ended up hanging out at parties and tailgates. In 2012, Kimberly McCarthy (one of Olivia's bridesmaids and college roommate) had a birthday party where we hung out most of the night. After the party, we continued to talk and text nonstop for the next month. Finally, Brendan made his move and kissed Olivia in The Wayside Bar, and a month after that he asked her to be his girlfriend.

In 2019, we traveled to Europe to visit Brendan’s extended family in Belgium to celebrate Christmas. Our next stop was Cologne, Germany for a few days with the Roshak’s. On a Saturday afternoon, while exploring the city, Brendan surprised Olivia by proposing in front of the Hohenzollern Bridge - also known as the love lock bridge. We had visited a similar bridge in Paris 7 years prior. She obviously said “yes!”. (and our friends and family said "finally").

We currently live in Columbia, SC with our fur kids, Rufus and Lola. We made it permanent in 2020 and bought our first home here. Brendan is the Clinical Director of an outpatient physical therapy clinic and Olivia is a Registered Nurse on a cardiac floor. We have really grown to love the Carolinas since first moving in 2016 and we want to share our current favorite city with all of our favorite people!