It's really quite a wholesome story. Way back in November of 2012, Patrick helped put on the Dance Marathon at Virginia Tech, benefiting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Stephanie went to the event as part of a separate club and spent the majority of the night playing with the adorable "miracle" kids that came as guests of honor after being connected in some way to Children's Miracle Network. Stephanie knew she wanted to help be a part of organizing the event the following year, so she exchanged numbers with Patrick. After waiting the appropriate number of days (too long, according to Patrick), they connected. They quickly hit it off and starting spending lots of time together. It was all going well until Patrick revealed he was a Yankees fan. Despite that obvious blemish, things continued to go well even through contentious baseball seasons. Fortunately, they can both can commiserate and celebrate the Hokies together. A couple graduations and a move to Richmond, two rambunctious dogs, lots of travel, countless training miles ran together, and a handful of marathons later, the two are excited to have all their family and friends come together in one place to celebrate love and life.