Our love story began the way so many great ones do...in Bridgeport, Connecticut. We met in college at Sacred Heart University. With close mutual friends, we found ourselves spending more and more time together and it wasn’t long before our friendship turned into something more. On Halloween in 2016, Joe asked Nikki to be his girlfriend, and the rest is history! 8 years worth of memories later - we’ve traveled cross-country together, seen the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, rang in the New Year from the Grand Canyon, been to hundreds of concerts, had countless "Movie Night Tuesdays", and are saving for our dream home. In October 2023, on a cliff overlooking the ocean at sunset (yes, it was that magical, except for the fact that Nikki wanted to go swimming and was adamant that they change into their bathing suits beforehand, which Joe will never let her live down) in Riberia Brava, Portugal, Joe proposed and Nikki said yes! We are so looking forward to starting this new chapter together and can’t wait to celebrate with all of our favorite people!