Our origins are very 21st century, meeting online! Meeting during a pandemic posed its challenges — our first date entailed homemade chicken teriyaki, a walk in the park, a virtual reality headset, and a movie. On our second date, we made the great decision to hike up a mountain in the 100 degree beating sun. Ryan's puppy, Maggie, quickly fell madly in love with Anja. The next month consisted of many dates, culminating in "the talk." In the next two weeks, Anja introduced Ryan to her sisters at a game night and Ryan brought Anja to a Miller family get together on the Washington coast. Both families embraced the weirdness Ryan and Anja each brought to the table. Over the next year, our cars racked up many miles as we navigated the nuances of a kind-of long distance relationship. Some of our favorite early memories included animal cracker wars, card games, walks, hikes, and cooking food together. Anja dropped the first "I love you" on Thanksgiving 2020. All of this led to November 2021, when Ryan and Maggie took Anja to Anacortes and asked Anja to "marry us." Since then, life has consisted of traveling overseas, many family and friend gatherings, welcoming a new puppy (Millie!) to the family, finishing school, and planning this wedding! We want to give a special thank you to all of our family and friends who have been there throughout our journey together so far. You have all impacted our lives, and we're excited to celebrate the start of our next chapter with you!