...is a romantic notion that has driven many great love stories throughout time, but has nothing to do with how we met. In early 2018, as two misfits in a national volunteer program, we were stuck together in the workplace and told to “just do whatever one person would do but together.” As our frustration with the lack of direction and funds for our program grew, so too did our friendship, and after several months of 70-hour weeks and shaky car rides in a truck that only had one air bag [shout out to Ol’ Bessie], we knew that our friendship had grown into something more. Our relationship officially began one evening after seeing Avengers: Infinity War in theaters. Apparently, that scene where everybody turned to dust and Peter Parker was like, “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good…” sparked a fire between us that resulted in our nervous first kiss. The first couple months of dating was us eating our office lunches on the park bench next to each other, going on hikes, and enjoying our summer evenings sitting outside talking about where we saw ourselves down the road and our life dreams and goals. As we continued dating, “see ya later” became “Love ya, have a good day;” nervous family functions soon became family members asking to hang out with our respective partners; being home went from meaning where we slept to meaning wherever we were together. We eventually decided to do the only thing that a loving Colorado couple could do: we moved in with each other, adopted a blue-light-special shelter dog, and named it after an animal native to the state we live in (our dog’s name is Moose and she is mostly a good girl with the help of her favorite treats: peanut butter and gouda). This past April, we got engaged in the Arboretum in Ann Arbor, MI (one of Katie's favorite places on the campus where she went to school) and have been celebrating with each other ever since. Now, we can’t wait to celebrate with you all and look forward to seeing everyone in Estes Park, CO!