Part love story, part full-circle moment, part “how did it take this long?” We met in a version of life that feels almost myth-like now. Hallways and late nights, loud music and inside jokes, band flyers, scene shows, marching fields...the kind of friendship that forms quickly and sticks without needing much explanation. Back then, we didn’t know what this would become. We just knew we got each other. Life, as it does, moved forward. There were years of growth, change, building separate lives, learning hard lessons, and becoming the people we were meant to be, not just individually, but in the ways that make a partnership actually work. And somewhere along the way, through all the unexpected turns, we found our way back to each other. In some ways, we were not the same people we were then, but two people who had lived enough life to recognize something real when we saw it. And yet, in so many other ways, we brought each other back to the lively, free-spirited people who we used to be before life told us who we were expected to be. What we have now is a unique blend of "this is what people search their whole lives for" & "Hey Mark!" (IYKYK). It's punctuated by the beautiful and serendipitous friendship forged as quickly and effortlessly as our own, between our two children, who met for the first time at the same age we were the first time WE met. We have gotten the incredibly rare opportunity to build a beautiful, loving family from two separate paths. Our story isn't rushed or accidental. It's deeply chosen. It’s steady in a way that doesn’t feel boring, and fun in a way that doesn’t feel fleeting. It’s knowing when to ground each other and when to lean into the moment. It’s friendship that never left, layered with a kind of love that only time and experience could build. There’s a little bit of who we were in all of this...still laughing too hard, still saying “do it, you won’t,” still finding ways to make life feel like something you actually get to REALLY enjoy. But there’s also something even more meaningful now. Something intentional. Something that understands the weight of commitment and chooses it anyway because, turns out, it's EXACTLY what we have always needed and wanted. This isn’t just the start of something brand new, it’s the continuation and expansion of something that’s been finding its way for a long time. So many of you have been in our orbit since the beginning, and some are new, but we can't explain how grateful we are that you’re here to witness, celebrate, and be part of this with us. It means more than we can fully put into words...but this felt like a good place to start.