The official beginning of our story started in the fall of 2010 at Patriot Place at a restaurant called Davio’s. Chris was working as a cook and Caeli had just finished college and picked up a job as a server. If you ask Chris, he knew the key to Caeli’s heart was through the food he cooked and would offer to her, whispering “Psst, Caeli, I have some left-over spring rolls. You want one?” While Chris wasn’t wrong (spring rolls were the way to her heart), Caeli at the time did not realize that the guy standing before her, bearing expensive cheese and mini crab cakes, was the man of her dreams. Chris and Caeli had remained in touch after Caeli left Davio’s to join Corporate America in late 2011 catching up via text message every few months. In June of 2015, Caeli invited Chris to join her and some friends in Boston for a Saturday night on the town… and that my friends, is where the real story started. After a night tearing up the dance floor, Chris busting out his signature dance moves, Caeli soon realized what she had been missing out on over the last few years. Chris was charismatic, thoughtful, witty, and of course, a great cook. After a half a dozen trips down to Cape Cod to visit Chris that summer in his 500 square foot humble abode, Caeli fell head over heels and knew this was the man she was going to marry. Fast forward three new jobs and two apartments later, Caeli and Chris were hanging out at their Chelsea apartment on a Friday night in October enjoying pizza, beer and a good murder mystery show. A mushy wedding commercial came on, and Caeli, who was not so patiently awaiting Chris’ proposal, gave a Chris a slight nudge, “Is that ever going to be us? Are we ever going to get married like those people on TV?” To her surprise, Chris got right up, went to the bedroom and came back with the engagement ring. I am sure you can guess what Caeli’s answer was…

It was early in the fall of 2010, Tom Brady was mounting a campaign for what would be his second MVP season, and inside an Italian restaurant a few doors down from 1 Patriot Place Caeli and Chris would cross paths for the first time. Legend has it that Caeli would bring Chris up often in the restaurant gossip, to see what she could find out about this handsome and mysterious young man who was cooking in the back. Chris was in school, working nights. Caeli had just graduated and was working nights at the restaurant while working for Bob Kraft across the street during the day. She could often be heard gushing about this tall young fellow, who would save her some of the things he would prepare throughout the evenings. The two would exchange small talk after their shift ended over drinks at the local bar. After exchanging phone numbers, Chris would often find text messages from Caeli following evenings at work, or when Chris was not at work, updating him on any of the drama that went on while he wasn’t there. Eventually she needed to tell him everything that would go on in her days. While Chris doesn’t like it when Caeli reminds him of this, he has openly admitted that for him, it was love at first sight. Eventually, school ended for Chris, Caeli moved to Boston, and the two drifted apart, as young people often do who are just starting out on their own. Come June of 2015, Chris was living and working on Cape Cod, Caeli in Boston. Chris reached out to Caeli, asking "for a friend" if she was single. They ended up on a roof deck that night in Boston with several of Caeli’s friends. Caeli would eventually journey to the palatial estate that Chris called home on Cape Cod. After spending several weekends on the beach, eating oysters and drinking a few cocktails, Caeli knew she had found with the man of her dreams. After hiding the ring in his nightstand for three weeks, in October of 2018, Chris decided to pop the question and ask Caeli to be his wife.