Our story has always been about connection—one that started with a glance across a Mess Hall years ago. Back then, it wasn’t love at first sight, just two lives brushing past each other in a place built for gathering, listening, sharing stories, and laughing together. Over time, friendship grew into love, and love grew into family—three wonderful children who remind us daily that life is best when it’s gleeful, a little busy, and always full of heart. And so it feels only right that our wedding will bring us back to another Mess Hall. From that first glance in one Mess Hall to exchanging vows in this one, it’s proof that love has a sense of humor—and that sometimes the best kind of love story is, well… a beautiful mess.