We met in Psychology class with Professor Tim Hall (yes—the same Tim Hall who’s officiating our wedding!). We didn’t sit right next to each other, but close enough—about three seats apart. Jack was usually either reading aloud or asleep, and Claire was often rushing in late with wet hair after morning weights. An 8 a.m. class on a Monday? Not our best decision. Life back then was a blur of athletics, a global pandemic, and trying to keep up with everything else college threw at us. We kept running into each other in passing. At one point, Jack even asked Claire for a ride home to Arizona for Thanksgiving sophomore year… she politely declined. That fall, our friend groups started to overlap, and we all went to a pumpkin patch together. We ended up on the beach afterward, eating sandwiches and asking each other what we were studying and what we wanted to do with our lives. The truth? We were both a little lost. Claire said she wanted to take pictures of whales, and Jack said he wanted to be a high school history teacher. Neither of us had it figured out—we’d both changed our majors at least twice and weren’t really sure what the future held. After that day, Jack told a few of the boys in the locker room after practice, he was going to marry Claire Smith. And as you probably know, the Point Loma grapevine never fails—so of course, it made its way back to Claire. She was surprised (we’d only really talked that one time...), but apparently said, “I wouldn’t say no.” Still, it wasn’t until junior year that our story really began. Once we finally collided, we never really separated. Our friends can back us up on that—we were basically inseparable. Funny enough, we grew up about forty-five minutes apart in Arizona and had one mutual friend. God clearly works in wild and wonderful ways, and we’re so grateful He brought us together. The past four years have been full of Tuesday night dates, deep belly laughs, long conversations, living with our friends (basically just like an episode of Friends), hard days, sweet moments, and everything in between. And through it all, we’ve grown together. This day is so special to us—but not just because it celebrates our love. It also celebrates you—the people we love most. We are who we are because of each and every one of you. Thank you for shaping us, cheering us on, showing up, and teaching us how to love well. We’re so thankful you’re part of our story.