the next chapter in our story begins...

Believe it or not, we met over two decades ago at the age of 6 years old! Very quickly our competitive nature and love for sports connected us and we became neighborhood best friends. From endless games of around the world, donkey kong & trading basketball cards- we were pretty inseparable! In 8th grade Cooper and his family moved to California. We kept in touch for the first couple years but this faded off through high school and college. It wasn't until the spring of 2011 when Cooper was home for his sister Kelsey's wedding that we reconnected. He stopped by my parents to see if I was there. Coincidentally enough, I was in San Diego visiting close girlfriends. Cooper got my number and we started talking again. On my next visit to CA I asked Cooper to catch up over a drink and we immediately hit if off. We began dating long distance, seeing each other every 8 weeks back and forth from Chicago to San Diego, until I finally convinced Cooper to move to Chicago the summer of 2014. We are so incredibly blessed that our paths led us back to one another in a different stage of our lives. While we've graduated from Super Nintendo & playing cards, our relationship is just as fun loving and playful as it was 25 years ago!