Sometimes the stars align and you just so happen to meet your future spouse on a collegiate ballroom team. After a year of competing against each other for who could play it the coolest, they bonded over rock climbing, photography, and outdoor adventures. From rustic road trips and outdoor activities to elegant ballroom competitions, Chris and Klara’s relationship took off and they haven’t looked back since. They fit perfectly into each others’ unique way of viewing the world, and their proposal was no different. Chris designed and cast Klara’s ring by hand, and proposed on an off path site at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado. For six years, they’ve pushed each other to climb to new heights, and have built a home together wherever they’ve gone. They started out looking for a partner on the dance floor, but they ended up finding their partners for life.

The First Time I Saw Her: Across the couches of the Granditto on our first day together on the ballroom team ~ Favorite Quirks: Her love for crunchy foods and experiences rather than material things ~ Favorite Dessert She Introduced You To: Caramel rice pudding from Rice to Riches; she hated working there... ~ Favorite Pet Peeve: Her furrowed eyebrows ~ Cute Memories: All the nights we spent sneaking up onto the roof of Boscov's in Downtown Binghamton ~ When you knew you'd marry her: Slovakia trip while we were in the mountain valley in the Tatras ~~~

First Impressions: Charming, outgoing, athletic, bowl-cut ~ Favorite Quirks: Christopher has a cute hop to his step when he walks ~ Favorite Bar He Introduced You To: NYC Speakeasy - Attaboy ~ Favorite Pet Peeve: His spontaneity and inability to keep a schedule ~ A Funny Memory: When Chris and I made the MIT Open finals for Pre-Championship Smooth even though Chris was walking on crutches at the time as a result of him jumping through the Binghamton Main St. hoop mural trying to impress me (which landed him in the ER) ~ When You Knew You'd Marry Him: I knew I would marry Christopher when we road-tripped Ring Road in Iceland and we camped out on Kirkjufjara Beach ~~~