Alan and Julia met while working at MCS in 2013. Alan used to go over to Julia's desk to take candy from her bowl just to visit her. In 2014 Julia was switched over to the same team as Alan. Julia sat behind Alan and he trained her. From there, they became friends and started going to lunches together and would go shopping across the street at the mall to get clothes for his daughter Karcen. After Alan left MCS, they remained friends. December of 2016 is when they took their relationship to the next level. They shared their first kiss on December 26th after a dinner date to BJ's and went to the movies to see Why Him? Julia invited Alan back up to her apartment to give him his birthday present of only his favorite, Captain Morgan. It was while they were drinking and talking that Alan leaned in for a kiss. From there, their relationship went full speed. In February of 2017 they decided to move to California together. While living in California, they had the amazing opportunity to travel to some breathtaking places such as Fiji, took a helicopter into the Grand Canyon, visited Maui, Vegas trips, wine countries, just to name a few. In 2019, they were planning to move to Asheville, NC. However, there was a turn of events when Julia was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in February of 2019. It was then that they decided to move back to FL to be surrounded by family and friends. Alan was an amazing support system throughout Julia's treatment and was by her side every step of the way. In February of 2020 they got engaged while riding snow mobiles in the Adirondacks. *See the engagement story below :)* Now that Julia has won her battle, they moved to Alan's favorite destination, the Suwannee River. They are now in the plans of building their forever home.

Julia and Alan were up in Old Forge, NY with friends Katelyn and Walter. They all spent a day riding snow mobiles in the Adirondacks. Alan led the way up to Pete's Peak. When at the top, Alan asked Katelyn to take a photo of him and Julia standing on the side of the cliff. While posing for the photo, Alan was looking at Julia and asked "Do you like the view?" This was one of Julia's "requirements" during an engagement was to have a beautiful view. When she said she did, he proceeded to reach into his snow coat to take out a ring box. Julia realized what he was doing and said "No, you're not" as she squealed, giggled, and cried in excitement. As Alan got down on one knee, Julia kept repeating "Are you serious?" and then eventually said the lovely words "YES!"