It all began eight years ago on a trip with TCU to Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Sydney and Jack were fortunate to be part of a group of students traveling across the three countries to learn about history, culture, and, most importantly, themselves. Sydney and Jack struck up a friendship full of laughter. Jack was confused about why this beautiful and exceptionally cool person seemed to laugh at all of his jokes, but he didn’t mind; he enjoyed making her laugh. Over the next three years at TCU, they stayed in touch, and Jack always made a point to make Sydney laugh and smile. Then Sydney and Jack went their respective ways, Sydney to New York and Jack to Denver. As many stories of late go, the pandemic threw a wrench in their plans and put the whole world on hold. As New York turned into a ghost town, Sydney packed up her things and moved back to live with her parents in Colorado Springs. Jack went to St. Louis for a month but then moved back to Denver as the city opened back up. While Sydney stayed in the Springs, she decided to visit with friends in the area on weekends. They reconnected at a party in Denver in which Sydney returned the favor from years past and made Jack laugh uncontrollably. From that moment, he knew he had to ask her on a date, for he knew she didn’t have too many other plans as the world was shut down. So, he asked Sydney to dinner in Denver. They went to have a drink at the Union Station upstairs bar, The Cooper Lounge, and talked over cocktails for hours, missing their reservation. They walked from restaurant to restaurant as they were all closed or full (due to covid and occupancy rules), so they settled on a little taco shop and talked the night away. In between the usual laughter was a conversation about life, family, faith, hope, and dreams. They both knew, right then, this was different. For the next year, Sydney and Jack traveled the 64.4 miles between her house and his apartment weekly, if not daily. Jack was blessed to get to know Sydney’s family during that fun and love-filled year. He would often drive down at 6 am on a weekday, work from “the south office” as Jack’s dad would call it in Colorado Springs with the Galloways, and then drive back after dinner. Both of them coming up with as many excuses as possible to extend the stays for minutes, hours, or days. Sydney was able to make it to St. Louis to meet the Mays, and everyone fell in love with her, so much so that it seemed like she received the invitation to return to St. Louis without Jack. This whole time, Sydney was still working the crazy Investment Banking hours, often working every day of the week and late into the night. Fortunately, she was able to work from home or Denver or St. Louis, but she knew she needed to make a change. Sydney received a job offer in Dallas, and, after consulting Jack, she swiftly said yes. Without a question, they knew that both of them had to move as Sydney moved. They left Denver and Colorado Springs filled with memories, friends, and family to start at a new but familiar home in Dallas. For the past two years, their Saturdays in the fall have been filled with TCU football, their holidays spent traveling to Colorado and Missouri, and every moment in between, they’ve fallen more and more in love. Each step in the journey has been made possible by each and every one of you, and we know we wouldn’t be celebrating this summer if it weren’t for your friendship and love, so thank you. We want to express our deepest gratitude, most of all, to our families. Alison, Joanne, Lucy, Sophia, Tres, Chris, and Matt, we cannot thank you enough for being the best support group and loving family. As we are proud to be each other’s partners for life, we are equally proud to be your daughter, sister, son, and brother. We hope you enjoyed reading this as much as we enjoyed reflecting on our journey, and we can’t wait to see you on July 27th!