Catherine grew up in South Africa and was living and working in Brooklyn when she decided to venture to New Jersey with her housemate for a weekend away. On a night out, in a bar which neither of us particularly liked, we started to talk and immediately bonded over music, documentary's and Seinfeld, very quickly realizing how alike we are and how much we have in common. Within months Catherine had moved to New Jersey to be closer to Matt. On Matt's first trip to South Africa, and a lot of time spent driving across the country, meeting family and friends, sleeping on couches, and camping, Catherine took Matt to Boulders beach to meet some local penguins and the real adventure began. 7 years later, daily Seinfeld references, Shmoopy nicknames, two foster-failure cat children, through many moves to different apartments, and heartbreaking months apart, we are ecstatic and feel extremely lucky to make this official, settle down, and keep building the best life we have created together, back in the United States.