On a sunny Saturday in May of 2011, I (Danielle) showed up at the Bristol Soccer Club to referee a soccer game. As I walk to my field assignment, I meet with the other two referees that I will share my afternoon with. I recognize one but not the other - this brown haired guy named Derek Skrzypek. Although both of us were from Bristol, went to Bristol Eastern, and played soccer all our life, we never crossed pathways. Actually, that is a little bit of a lie. I met him once before when I smacked shaving cream into his face (still not sorry) during a shaving cream fight between the girls' and boys' Bristol Eastern soccer teams the night before our double-header game versus our cross-town rivals, Bristol Central. We had our first "date" at Dunkin Donuts before heading over to the soccer club to referee a tournament and he made fun of me how I ate my donuts (and he still does). Fast forward 10 years later, and here we are getting married!