We met at the send off party for our friend Aaron, who was going off to basic training in the army. Aaron was a close and personal friend to both of us for many, many years, but somehow we had never met before! We bonded over chats about life, our view points on various topics, and our shared favorite show, Breaking Bad. We exchanged information and spoke online and over the phone a bit before meeting for coffee. Our first date was at a coffee shop, which happened to be having an open mic poetry night. It was a pretty awkward first date, but hilarious in hindsight. Ask us about it at the wedding, its a story we love to tell!

After a few long years of furthering our careers and education, we knew we needed a vacation. We'd been missing Autumn and decided a trip to the Smokey Mountains in November was just what we needed. We explored Asheville, North Carolina, and enjoyed a few days in the city. For the second half of our trip we drove a couple hours to Bryson where we rented a gorgeous little cabin in the mountains enjoying nature, the crisp air, and the quiet. On our way to Bryson we got a phone call that back at home, our cat Louie may have gotten out. He had gone missing for a few hours and no one had seen him in the house! If he hadn't turned up by morning, we were going to cut our trip short and head home. We waited for what felt like 100 hours...and he finally came out of hiding! A couple of days later we hiked Juney Wank Falls. It was at the top of the hike where Peter got down on one knee and proposed!! Needless to say that hike was the happiest hike of all time. We almost missed out on our picturesque proposal because of our sneaky cat Louie!