It all began in 2021. Marybeth and Mitch attended a Catholic young adult event at Helicon brewery. They didn't end up meeting officially though until the same group's hike the next week. Marybeth was impressed by Mitch fearlessly leading the group, him being tall and being Catholic. Mitch was less impressed by Marybeth's mediocre hiking skills as she fell on the hike. He does remember her friend Maria saying "Of course you would fall". After several failed attempts to get his attention that summer Marybeth travel nursed to Nashville. During her time there she kept thinking about that cute engineer. Once she came back she strategically placed herself in social situations to get to know Mitch better. Eventually, he noticed, *cough* was told *cough* by Noah, of Marybeth's interest. Mitch took his time to decide what to do about it. A few months later Mitch snapped a picture of pizza to Marybeth and they ended up messaging for several weeks. Eventually they started going on dates. After being given an ultimatum, Mitch realized that he needed to take this girl and her interest in him seriously. At a long weekend at Ian's camp, Mitch finally realized that Marybeth was going to love him for him with all the bad jokes, weird hobbies, and crazy random thoughts, and knew he couldn't let that get away. He finally realized that no one was going to love him like she loved him and he never wants her to leave. Their relationship has grown through faith, fun discussions during car rides, sharing music, watching F1 races and SVU, and lots and lots of coffee. We are thankful for the friends and family that have listened and supported us in our relationship. We are excited to keep growing in our relationships with God, each other, family and friends. We look forward to celebrating with you all!