They say that everything happens for a reason, and with our story that could not be more true! We originally met when I (Megan) was working at Fresno Fire Department Credit Union and Alex had recently been hired by Fresno City Fire. I had been working at the credit union for several years, and was pretty familiar with all of the faces that would come into the branch. I was in a managerial position, and would not normally work as a teller, but one day I saw this cute young guy walk into the office and I had no idea who he was. I quickly walked to the front and offered to help him. As he opened his account, I was putting my investigative skills to work- checking to see if he was wearing a ring, and who he was listing as his beneficiary. I quickly gathered that he was single and unsuccessfully tried to flirt with him. When he left I smiled, gave him my card, and hoped that he got the hint... he didn’t! Fast forward a couple of months to the beginning of November 2016, and FFD was hosting their annual beer pong tournament. I was attending with some of my co-workers, and while it crossed my mind that Alex might be there, I highly doubted that the new firefighter would attend. I remember arriving, looking around, seeing Alex, and immediately turning to my co-worker like a giddy little girl saying, “Oh my gosh, the cute new firefighter is here!” Shortly after the tournament began, it was announced that my team would be up against Alex’s team. Although Alex and his teammate quickly beat me and my teammate, I still believe I ultimately won! :) Once the game was finished, Alex and I quickly hit it off and spent the rest of the evening chatting and getting to know each other! We have pretty much been inseparable ever since that first night at the beer pong tournament (thanks Fresno Fire!) We have had the most amazing time building our life together and are so excited to make this thing officially official! We can’t wait to celebrate with everybody!