We met by complete chance in Rome, Italy over 7 years ago. I was a new college grad backpacking around Europe with one of my bridesmaids, Samantha Smith, when we booked a room at The Yellow Hostel. After a long day of travel, I went down to the hostel bar for a drink and the bartender working that night happened to be Kris. I had a crush on him immediately, and I couldn't help but blush uncontrollably every time we ran into each other. (Sources say Kris thought I was pretty cute, too.) We went our separate ways after that trip, but reconnected three years later, thanks to social media. It didn't take long for us to start dating long-distance, and then in June of 2018, Kris and I got into his Jeep and drove a trailer full of his things from Charlotte, NC to Salt Lake City, UT. We've been happily creating a life together in the mountains ever since.