we're getting married!

Jeremi and Garrett both attended college at UC Santa Cruz, but didn't meet until years later in 2015, when they were both living in Los Angeles and their mutual friends Hadas and Joey were visiting. ~ Their friendship with Hadas and Joey: Hadas and Jeremi have been friends since junior high, and Joey and Garrett have been friends since freshman year of college. Joey started dating Hadas in his and Garrett’s sophomore year of college (Hadas and Jeremi’s senior year of high school) - making Jeremi and Garrett long-time friends of the couple. Hadas and Joey are now married (with a baby named Aviv!), and continue to hold a very special place in Jeremi and Garrett’s lives. ~ Jeremi and Garrett went on their first date a few days after meeting, moved in together by the end of the year, and became pawrents to their first lovechild rescue pup, Penny in January 2016. In 2018, the two bought their first house and adopted their second rescue pup, Gretel. On January 7th 2021, after nearly six years of dating and traveling all over the world together (Washington D.C., Miami, Boston, Las Vegas, Malta, Japan, Panama, Singapore, Cambodia, Chile, Easter Island, Portugal, and of course, Santa Cruz), it was clearer than ever that they never wanted to leave each other’s sides. Stuck at home in the midst of a pandemic, and still recovering from back surgery, Garrett said he “couldn’t wait any longer” as he got down on one knee and proposed to Jeremi in their kitchen with an antique diamond ring from the 1880s. ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ After seven years together, we are overjoyed to have our dear friend Joey officiate our wedding on June 25th, 2022, and can't wait to celebrate with all of you!