December 27, 2015 - Torrey was halfway to the Syracuse Airport with his parents, on his way back to California, when American Airlines called with the news that his flight had been cancelled. With no other flight options until the 30th, he decided to extend his holiday trip home and stay in Upstate NY to ring in 2016. Thankfully, he lucked into the last spot on a Seneca Lake wine tour with his brother Will, future sister-in-law Ali DeCirce and a group of their friends from Ithaca College. One of those friends, of course, was Katie. You could say the first spark happened at the first stop, when we were "forced" to pose in a photo booth together at 3 Brothers Winery in Geneva. From that point, it was amazing how we always coincidentally ended up next to one another at each stop on the tour, sat together on the bus and even HAD to share a wine slushy. The first day of 2016 set in motion a seemingly endless text conversation that soon made its way to phone calls and then daily FaceTimes. By January 20, Katie was on a flight to Los Angeles and the rest was history. After eight months of cross-country visits, hundreds of hours of FaceTime and serving together as Best Man & Maid of Honor in Will & Ali Kraus's wedding, Katie moved to Manhattan Beach in August of 2016. At the time, it just so happened that Torrey was without a roommate, so we took a leap of faith and moved right in together. Some would call it crazy (and we were two of them), but after three years, hundreds of adventures, countless rounds of golf, 9037 bowls of popcorn, dozens of incredible visits to and from friends and family, one very good puppy, and one shiny ring later, here we are!