We joined the NAU club volleyball team at the beginning of the school year in August of 2017. Tyler was on the men's team and I was on the women's. The two teams did not spend much time together until April, the next semester. We met just before the last tournament at the end of the year. I gave him my Snapchat the night before they flew to St. Louis, Missouri. He couldn't play so he cheered on the women's team through the weekend. We messaged through the tournament until we got back home to Flagstaff. I sent him my phone number, and a few days later on April 17th, we went on our first date to the movies. From then on, we fell in love and would spend the next two years at NAU together. We spent a year apart for COVID while Tyler finished his senior year. Then, we moved into our first apartment in Flagstaff in June, 2021. After a change of path, Tyler moved to Tucson in November 2021, and I followed after two months in January 2022. We have been living in Tucson with new jobs and our furry son, Chief!