Patrick & Katey officially met on January 10, 2017 after "meeting" online and texting back and forth. Katey told Patrick how her parents met -- because her mom, Wendy, asked her dad, Mark, if he wanted to "share a coke" with her at the end of their work day in the staff lounge back in the early 80's. Mark was a teacher and Wendy, a substitute teacher for the day at Katey's Junior High School. Patrick used this cute Coca-Cola story to make a move to officially ask Katey out to "buy [her] a coke" - Katey accepted, and they had their first date at a dive bar (Will's Northwoods Inn in Chicago, IL) for trivia and yes, a vodka coke ;) Patrick was a great trivia man and they ended up winning 3rd place, so Patrick won a free drink and didn't have to buy the coke after all haha. Their next date was a week and a half later, meeting at Lincoln Park Zoo on a beautiful, sunny day. Patrick, being the sweetheart that he is, brought 2 bottles of Coca-Cola to the Zoo for them to have while walking & exploring together. One was regular and the other was diet because Patrick "wasn't sure which one [I] preferred." On that day at the Zoo, Katey thought to herself while looking at Patrick, "Wow, this is the guy I'm going to marry!" Nearly 3 and a half years later we were so happy we decided to join our families and finally became Mr. & Mrs. on August 8th, 2020! We wish you all could have been there with us. Just over one year later, we are so excited to finally be able to celebrate our special day safely with all of you! Cheers to 8/14/2021!!