Rob and Mary met freshman year at Indiana University in their very first class. While they started out as just classmates, their friend groups became more and more intertwined throughout the years and they often found themselves at the same events. It wasn't until junior year when Rob and Mary worked together as teaching assistants that the sparks started to fly!
On a Barnard family trip to Ireland, on the Cliffs of Moher, Rob got down on one knee and told Mary she was his number one priority. Mary's parents had been waiting for him to pop the question since the plane landed. In an effort to keep the secret, Isaac, Mary's brother, was only told a few hours before it happened - he was as surprised as Mary was!