Many of you have been right alongside us for a lot of our relationship but for those who haven't ... it all started with the ‘Blue Uglies’. In 1988 that is what Brian called Alexis and her friends. Not true. Brian and Alexis were on the same U-8 dominating co-ed soccer team and that was the team's name. The team was coached by Alexis’ dad which meant Alexis got a lot of playing time. Brian noticed her skills and, well, here we are. We grew up in Coronado where our families lived 3 blocks from each other (and still do). We ran in the same TP-ing squad and danced awkwardly at middle school dances. We were friends. We watched each other’s high school sports. We went to senior prom in 1998. We kissed once. We were still just friends. In 2008 we slipped out of the friend zone at our 10 year high school reunion …finally! That was an amazing 1.5 years back and forth between SF and SD, with both city and beach life. But Brian was a firefighter in San Diego (still is) so his job was down here and Alexis was growing her career as Product Manager at Visa (still is) in San Francisco. We still really loved each other but distance was not our thing and it was not our time. That was a rough. But we found a way to stay friends. Alexis found ANY excuse to text Brian, it just took a soccer ball or firetruck and she couldn’t help herself but text him. Then Thanksgiving break in 2013 round two, the best round, kicked off. Alexis moved down to San Diego in 2014. That is how it started, then re-started and then really started.

Lots of stops and starts until we were in the same city, and then we went 0-100. In 2015 we adopted Sophie, the most wonderful dog. We also bought a house. Finley was born in January of 2017. And then Brian proposed. We moved out to remodel our house, then moved back in August of 2018, 2 weeks before Greer was born. We began focusing our efforts on the outdoor space. We are ready for a wedding now. Yard is ready. Pandemic is over. And the flower girls we made are up for the job. Life is wonderful.