What an amazing wedding! Thank you all!!

Kyle and Dean first started chatting online in September 2014, and a week in we decided it was time to take things offline. We had our first date at a Barnes and Noble - "Just coffee." (tea for Kyle.) After chatting for a couple hours, the staff approached us and politely asked us to leave - they'd closed half an hour earlier. We looked around and realized we were the only customers left in the store! One of Dean's early promises to Kyle was that they would go sailing on Dean's sailboat. Due to circumstances it would take some time to make good on that promise... After that we continued to get to know each other, meeting each other's friends, going on more dates, and even taking trips together. We've seen dozens of plays at local theaters, gone to concerts - Elton John, Cher, Billy Joel, Green Day, Weezer, the Bleachers, Weird Al (many times), and many more. We've travelled to many places - Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Nashville, New York City, Louisville, Cleveland, Vegas, Orlando, Alaska, and Cancun. We've visited many National Parks, including Arches, Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Joshua Tree, Gates of the Arctic, Denali, Glacier Bay, Zion, Cuyahoga Valley and Mammoth Cave. We've hiked, partied, visited theme parks, museums, and plenty more. In short, we've built a life together. Together with our dog Peeta we moved in together in 2018, and renovated the house to sell it. In 2023 we moved into our forever home and have been working on making it ours. In 2022 on a trip to Cancun, Dean was able to make good on the promise from the start of the relationship, and took Kyle sailing in the Bay. Kyle made a promise to Dean as well, and popped the question. By this time, the prospect of being married didn't seem very different from being apart, and we were in no rush. We set our wedding date for September 28, 2024. That date will be one day short of our 10th anniversary since we first met. We so appreciate having you in our lives, and can't wait to celebrate our special day. It is our hope that you'll be able to attend and join us at the end of September as we renew our commitment to each other and begin our next chapter!