Bryce and Brittany had their first date on June 5th, 2019 at Asado: Wings and Taco Company in Charlottesville, VA and tacos + margs have remained a constant for them for date nights ever since. While most of their relationship has been spent in Charlottesville, VA, the two returned home to their respective families in 2020 due to COVID-19 for a period of time and fortunately Brittany’s sister, Stefanie, and Bryce’s parents only live about 10 minutes apart! This allowed Brittany and Bryce to spend a ton of quality time with each other’s families and form incredibly special bonds. Brittany even spent a year working as an SLP at one of Bryce’s childhood elementary schools (small world!). In the spring of 2021, the two completed their respective Master’s Degrees and got to share the special privilege of wearing “the Honors of Honor” together, graduating from the University of Virginia (for a second time!). The fall of 2021 also brought exciting life changes as each of them began their careers as professionals. Brittany began her career as a pediatric speech-language pathologist in Midlothian, VA and Bryce returned to Charlottesville, hired full-time by the UVA Baseball team as their recruiting and operations assistant. After another year with weekends full of baseball games and spending the weeks away from one another, Brittany moved back to Charlottesville and the two moved in together in July 2022. They love cooking dinner with each other, watching movies and TV shows, and taking long walks along the paths near their apartment. The summer of 2023 ushered in some more big changes. Bryce made the bittersweet decision to move on from UVA Baseball and into a new role with UVA Athletics, with Brittany by his side as he went through the interview process and began his new role (it has been a great change for Bryce so far!). The two continue to share a passion for UVA sports. They have been fortunate to travel all over to support the Hoos, including Miami for the Orange Bowl in 2019 and Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series. They are excited for many more trips to come! After lots of gentle nudges (some not so gentle), Bryce bought Brittany’s engagement ring and decided that he would propose to Brittany on Christmas morning, 2023. With the permission of her oldest sister, mom and two best friends, Bryce asked Brittany to marry him. Through eyes full of tears, Brittany said yes, and our forever began!