One evening, Lys’s best friend asked her to come to an ugly sweater party with her. She did not want to go, offered to pay for a movie rental and pizza. But after pre-gaming (napping) was able to rally. At that very ugly sweater party, Lys was sitting on the couch chatting with her best friend when Ben came over and asked “Is this seat taken?” And the rest is history full of fun, long boarding, snowboarding, puppies, and more.