It all started on April 22, 2016. Eighth-grade Alex had one goal that day: ask Mary out. His friends knew it. Mary knew it. But as the day went on, it started to look like it wasn’t going to happen. By the time the last bell rang, Mary figured Alex had chickened out. She grabbed her backpack and started heading for the bus, thinking, “oh well, maybe next time.” But Alex wasn’t giving up that easily. With a little help (okay, maybe a shove) from his classmates, he caught up with her in the hallway, just as she was about to head down the stairs, and asked her to be his girlfriend. Spoiler alert: she said yes. From there, it was seven school dances, dozens of football games, four years of long distance, way too much money spent on gas, and hundreds of pints of ice cream. And now, almost ten years later… she said yes again and they’re getting married. We can’t wait to celebrate our ten years of love with all of you!