We met in Jackson NJ at a backyard BBQ. Neither one of us knew the host, but both ended up in the same place after being invited by different friends. Michael was living in Pennsylvania at the time and Molly was living in NJ at her mom’s house. After a month of commuting back and forth, we started officially dating. We quickly got tired of the commute and moved into an apartment in Manayunk, PA during early 2017. We’ve lived together ever since.

We purchased our first home! We learned so much during the next few years as homeowners. Molly grew her green thumb and learned to garden (thanks to tons of advice from Mike’s grandfather Nonno). Michael enjoyed most of his free time golfing and finding new hikes for us & our dog.

If you know us, you know we don’t go anywhere without our dog! We adopted Sadie, our German Shorthaired Pointer, when she was 6 months old and our lives were changed furever!

On September 11, we left the life we knew behind and took to the road. We spent the next 3 months living in our Honda pilot converted camper van. We cooked, ate and slept in the car. Michael wasn’t sure if Molly would survive the rough road life… but we all had an absolute blast. Molly’s biggest regret was bringing too many clothes, so that’s saying something. :) We sold our house while traveling & started looking at land for purchase to start a homestead.

While skiing, Molly tore her ACL and so we all returned to PA for surgery & recovery. We decided to rent an apartment and stay in PA for another year or so. And so when we decided to tie the knot, it only made sense to do it here in PA where our relationship began!