Although we spent 3 years walking the same halls at Pennridge High School, believe it or not we didn't meet until after Pawel had graduated! One night in December 2012, a group of friends had spent the night at Alexis's house. One friend, Caitlin, brought up Pawel's name, as she was dating his best friend Pat (who are now engaged, yay!) Later on, Caitlin had recommended they all go on a group date to Peddlers Village. Alexis was TERRIFIED. Not only did she not know Pawel, but she hasn't even communicated with him before! They all got together for a Christmas night in Peddlers Village. Then they went back to his house for a backyard bonfire. Pawel waited 3 whole days before texting Alexis. A month later on January 18th, Pawel made it official by asking Alexis to be his girlfriend. He put a little note and a rose in his glovebox and asked Alexis to open it. She screamed at him, "finally!" Their long distance relationship began when Alexis left for Penn State in the fall of 2013. They bounced back and forth from visiting one another. After she graduated college, she moved to Florida to complete her year long dietetic internship. Once she moved back home to PA, it wasn't long before Pawel entered the Police Academy in Hershey for 9 months. In September 2019, Pawel officially moved home too. He proposed on a weekend trip down to St. Augustine on January 3rd, in front of the Lightner Museum. The rest is history!