Dear Guests, We are incredibly excited for you to attend our November 8, 2025 wedding in Miami. To our guests: thank you. You’ve been our biggest supporters throughout our young lives. We’re delighted to have guests attending from all stages, and we’re privileged to have our closest people celebrating alongside us on our most special day. We also recognize that some of you haven’t met both of us yet. Similarly, the story of how we met, fell in love, and got to this point hasn’t been thoroughly told. So, without further delay, allow us to introduce the story of us: We met in May of 2022. Mitchell was wrapping up the first year of his MBA at the University of North Carolina and Lauren was working in wealth management in Raleigh. From the beginning, it has been easy to love one another. Our first date was in a speakeasy bar on Hargett Street in Raleigh. Afterwards, we ate sushi, got dessert (Lauren wouldn't have it any other way), and walked through Moore Square. We both knew a second date was a given. From that point, we’ve grown together every day. Mitchell was on National Guard activation for the first few months of our relationship. After business school, Mitchell moved to New York City, and we managed long distance for a few months before Lauren moved to the city with a new job. We now call the Upper West Side neighborhood in Manhattan home. We’ve handled cross-state moves, career changes, and the challenges of Military activation. Through it all, however, we’ve built a level of love and trust that cannot be fully articulated on this website. We love each other infinitely, we believe in one another constantly, and our love is ever-enriching in our lives. In our free time together, we enjoy long walks exploring the city, going for runs in Central Park, traveling to new places, watching Minnesota Vikings and North Carolina Tar Heels games, and hanging with our cat, Rocket. We are incredibly excited to celebrate with you, but we also want to highlight each and every one of you for your contribution to making us who we are individually. If you're on this website, you helped positively shape us. In doing so, you undoubtedly contributed to helping us find our soulmate. Hopefully, this gives you some perspective on how we came to be. We can’t wait to host you in person on our wedding day. Thank you, travel safely, and let’s have fun in November! -Mitchell and Lauren