True to this Philadelphia sports loving couple, we met at a Phillies tailgate in college. It didn't take long for us to become close friends, spending nearly every day together for much of our junior year. Through some speculation from most of our friends of 'what is going on with you two' or 'what are you waiting for', we denied we were anything but best friends.
A few months apart brought us back to senior year, when we finally realized there was more to this friendship. We had our first 'real date' out in Philly, and snapped a picture under the Love Park sign to mark the occasion. We graduated college and Julie stayed behind at La Salle for one more year of graduate school. Craig moved back home and Julie eventually did as well. After a couple years of living hours away from each other, we decided it was time to move in together. We found our apartment in Media and this Jersey Girl officially became a Pennsylvania resident (the craziest thing she'll ever do for love).
What Julie thought was a normal day out in Philly turned into a day we would never forget. Under the Love Park sign, Craig got down on one knee and asked Julie to marry him in the same spot we celebrated our first date, almost six years later.