The day was February 11th, 2013 and it just so happened to be Kari's birthday. Her friends threw a party on the cold winter's night to celebrate. A friend of a friend happened to invite Jose along to join in the festivities and it was there that he first met Kari. They immediately hit it off and had a fun night of laughing and getting to know each other. As the night wore on they went on separate social paths and soon the party began to die down. Jose and our mutual friend decided to leave the party and head home but something stopped Jose as his feet hit the sidewalk. He told our friend to continue on without him so Jose could wait outside. He didn't want to miss his opportunity to ask Kari for her phone number. So there he stood in the bitter February cold until she finally exited and turned to see him waiting for her. A few weeks later they made things official and they have been happily together ever since.