ALI AND MATT WERE INTRODUCED THROUGH MUTUAL FAMILY FRIENDS IN IOWA. THEIR SECOND “FIRST” DATE WAS DOWNTOWN DENVER – THEY HIT IT OFF AND TALKED ALL NIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER, ALI INVITED MATT TO CLEARWATER BEACH, FL WITH ALI’S FAMILY. THEY BONDED ON THE TRIP GIVEN A SHARED SENSE OF HUMOR, VALUES, AND VISION FOR THE FUTURE. THEY CONTINUED TO DATE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE MOVING IN TOGETHER WITH THEIR TWO POMERANIANS – RALPH AND MARGRETT.

AFTER FOUR YEARS OF DATING, MATT PROPOSED TO ALI ON A MORNING BOAT RIDE WITH ALI’S FAMILY IN CLEARWATER BEACH, FL – WHERE IT ALL STARTED. THEY SPENT THE REST OF DAY HAND-IN HAND EXCITED TO PLAN THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.