Depending on which one of us you ask, the answer is quite different. One version (we'll let you guess who prefers this one) is that we were set up by mutual friends the summer before Katherine started college and after Alex's first year at VMI. The (more embellished) other version is that Alex spotted Katherine at the Salem, VA county fair where she was (and this part changes each time) either (i) eating a corn dog, (ii) eating a funnel cake or (iii) standing in front of the tilt-a-whirl. The truth is that we did first meet at a county fair where our friends introduced us and from there, the rest is history. Eleven years later, we couldn't be more excited to celebrate our marriage with all of our family and friends!