In September, 2019 Mather bummed a ride from some of Abby's friends (say yes to random girls in vans) to the music festival Otis Mountain Get Down in Elizabethtown, NY. Later on that day, Abby & Mather met in the middle of the Bouquet River, a kind of baptism to cleanse their souls of unoriginal sin before the rest of their lives together, if you will. Fast forward a few months, and luckily Abby failed as a fisheries observer and moved to Burlington, VT where Mather was living. In January, they went on their first date to Jay Peak. Mather showed Abby the trail "Timbuktu" where they shared a kiss amongst the falling snow (foreshadowing a January wedding, much?) Abby and Mather's love developed in the fertile environment of the Green Mountain State, but it has grown up through many moves including to: Sun Valley, ID, Little Compton, RI, and life on island time in Setauket, NY. The future is sure to hold many more adventures, and they feel lucky to be uniting their amazing friends and loving families to share them with.