The story of us can be traced back to the 1990s! Shea’s cousins are close family friends of the Swift family, so we have known each other practically our whole lives. Growing up, we would see each other every so often when the Swifts would visit Chicago. In late 2019, it had been a couple years since we had seen each other, but thanks to a wedding, we reconnected and exchanged numbers. With Michael living in Philadelphia and Shea in Chicago, it seemed far fetched that anything would happen. However, as fate would have it, we both happened to be in Naples in February of 2020, and after spending time together, we felt it could be something special. When the world paused for the rest of 2020, our love continued to blossom. Work from home allowed us to date long distance easily during the summer months, and then more traditionally in the winter when we spent months at a time with our families in Naples. As work returned to normal in 2022, long distance became more difficult, so Michael finally convinced Shea to move out to southern Connecticut and the rest is history as they say. We got engaged in Big Sky, Montana in July of 2023! When deciding where to get married, Naples was the obvious choice. It is where our love began to grow, so why not bring things full circle! Also, who doesn’t want to be in the warmth and sunshine in December?! We are so excited to embark on this next chapter of our journey together and can’t wait to celebrate with you all!