Hi Everyone! It looks like this wedding is FINALLY going to happen! We can't wait to party with you all!

Recently, we've had to make the unfortunate decision to postpone our wedding to Sunday, August 1st, 2021. This has been a difficult time for everyone and we hope this pandemic is a distant memory for us all by the time we get married! Although we were devastated to have to postpone, we know that our wedding will now be even more special and everyone is going to be in huge need of a party! Here's a fun fact about our new date - Alaina's parents also got married Sunday, August 1st back in 1976! This wasn't planned, it just happened to be one of the few dates that we were able to choose from. When we told Joe's dad this, he said that Alaina's father must be looking down over us during all of this. We love you all and we cannot wait to celebrate with you in 2021! Hopefully 2021 kicks 2020's ass!

No, Alaina and Joe are not comparing themselves to Brangelina or any other celebrity couple that combines their names. Actually, their first Christmas together, Alaina made a whale wall art piece for Joe's father for his shore house. When he opened up the gift, he studied it and decided that he would name the whale "Joelaina." Thus, Joe and Alaina became Joelaina in all of Rich's holiday and birthday cards from there on out. Joe and Alaina met at the summer camp that they still work at to this day. Alaina has worked there since she was 14 and when Joe started working there, they were both already in relationships. The next summer, Joe came back single and Alaina started thinking about all of the things that she wanted in a life partner. Her and Joe started to become friends and she quickly realized that he had every single one of the qualities that she was looking for. His caring, generous personality completely won her over. In fact, she still remembers a time at camp when Joe decided to buy a birthday cake for a 14 year old camp counselor that he didn't even know. He just wanted to brighten up the girl's day, which basically set everything in stone for Alaina. Immediately after camp ended, she broke up with her boyfriend of four years and called Joe the next day.