We're getting married!

When Samantha graduated from Syracuse University in 2014 and moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, she accepted the first job offer she received. Little did she know then that her first full-time job would bring her face-to-face with fate. Nathan started working at Align Networks just a few short weeks after Samantha did in August of 2014, and although Samantha often jokes about how he didn't even speak to her until months later, they both agree it was no accident that they ended up in what would ultimately be the right place at the right time. The two avid football fans shared their first date on January 18, 2015, during which Samantha's beloved New England Patriots delivered a decisive 45-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts (sparking the bogus "Deflategate" conspiracy theory) and Nathan nervously spilled a glass of sweet tea on himself in an adorable moment of clumsiness that, to this day, Samantha credits with her decision to see him again. (Nathan: "Thank God for sweet tea!") Over the next four years, the pair would become inseparable until, finally, on March 8, 2019, on top of a mountain in Nevada, Nathan celebrated his 31st birthday by asking his best friend to be his wife (and, as you've probably gathered, she said "yes"). Now, excited to begin this new chapter of their lives, Samantha and Nathan are thrilled to be able to share the first joyful memories of their marriage with all the friends and family who have supported them since their story's beginning.