We started as friends, slowly growing closer throughout our senior year of college. It seemed as if Kenny knew right from the start that we were meant to be, wearing his heart on his sleeve as he always does. The day Kate graduated college Kenny knew it was now or never, he asked her if she would be his girlfriend to which she promptly replied 'of course'. At that moment we laughed as we reflected on what terrible timing we had. We were both set to go away on long trips outside the U.S. immediately after graduation... somehow none of that mattered though. Our brand new love was able to last through over 7 months of being long distance, Kenny's 2 week trip to Nova Scotia and Kate's 3 month trip backpacking Europe with limited means of communication and the struggles of being broke fresh out of college. We were so broke, in fact, that every single peice of furniture in our first apartment was inflatable, even the single size inflatable bed that we shared for over a month! After facing and overcoming so many challenges together and only growing stronger, we knew we were in it for the long haul.