First comes love, then comes the baby, then comes the marriage 7 years later....I think that's how it goes, right? We were introduced in early 2014 by our mutual friend and Best Man, Tanner Kiley. When we asked Tanner if he remembers the specifics of how we met he said, "I can't remember the exact words of the conversation, but it went something like this..."Mikey, there's this girl that's wayyy out of you league...but with my connections, you might just get an opportunity to buy her a drink" " Mike denies this story. Rachael remembers it like this: "One day I got a random text message from a guy named Mike who asked me if I wanted to be his friend. I can't remember if I responded. But then two days later, on my birthday, two dozen roses ended up on my doorstep from this new "friend" Mike. Later that night, he ended up at the same bar as me for birthday drinks with friends and I got to meet him for the first time. He showed up in slippers. That sealed the deal for me. I knew at that moment he was my soul mate." Mike remembers it like this: Tanner Kiley said to Mike "Here's this chick what do you think of her". Mike said, "meh" No matter how the beginning of the story REALLY goes, the moral of it is that it's resulting in MARRIAGE! We've been through a lot of ups and downs just as any relationship does but one thing is certain, we are BEST FRIENDS.