On a warm Memorial Day in 2022, Collin begrudgingly took his four-year old daughter, Ophelia to his apartment pool that she was begging him to go to all day. Michaela and her four-year old daughter, Gracie were invited to spend the day at the same apartment pool where Michaela's friend lived. However, Gracie accidentally locked her and Michaela out of the house, causing them to leave for the pool much earlier than they planned. So armed with a tray of watermelon, snacks, and toys, Michaela and Gracie went to the pool early. As Collin and Ophelia were about to leave for the day, Gracie and Ophelia immediately started playing and sharing pool toys. As two single parents, we were relieved that our kids had a friend to play with, but we also just as immediately taken aback with each other. Michaela was blown away by the cut off wearing, tattooed, long-haired dad lounging at the pool, while in Collin's words, he saw "a hot MILF suddenly walk in and make my day". It all started with Michaela complementing Collin's music he was playing on his little speaker (if you know Collin, loving his music is the direct line to his heart). Even after Michaela's friends eventually arrived, Collin and Michaela spent the afternoon playing with each other's girls, sharing watermelon, and talking until the early evening. To set the record straight, Michaela was the one to ask for Collin's number to set up another play date for the girls, Collin felt dad-zoned and had other intentions... Months later Collin and Ophelia drove past the old fate-filled pool, and she asked her dad, "why don't we ever see that little girl and her mom anymore?" Collin then worked up the courage to TELL Michaela that he would be taking her on a coffee date in a week. And right there at Zen Coffee off West Center, Collin and Michaela sat and talked over lattes for seven hours and eighteen minutes, not leaving the table once. It was there at the window table where they fell in love and saw the person that they were meant to be with in every lifetime. Since that first date, they have conquered many hurdles together such as blending a family of two little girls that are born one month apart (we call them twins), making another little girl to share in the joy, and creating a home where love and words like "our" have been put first. Our love story has been our favorite to tell and to celebrate, we feel so unbelievably blessed and humbled to have found each other, but even more so that our family has found each other. We got married in the most perfect way with just each other and our closest confidants, and it was almost perfect; however there are so many more we would like to celebrate that day with. We would love nothing more than to celebrate our wedding day with all of our girls and our closest friends and family in a backyard wedding, with many margarita filled cheers and endless dancing all night long! Thank you to all that have supported, believed in, and loved us all long the way, we love you