Anna swiped right on Austin! We chatted for a few weeks before meeting at Ozzie's in Fairfax Corner in October 2022. We each remember the exact moment we met, Anna walked up to Austin waiting on a bench (she wasn't late, which is rare!) Conversation flowed so easily throughout dinner and we walked laps around Fairfax Corner to keep the conversation going. Neither of us were ready to part. Sensing we had found something special, we met for coffee the next morning and steadily fell into dating. Austin planned all of our first dates - apple picking, the Nutcracker, and of course, hockey games. Flash forward a few months to a trip we took to Lake Tahoe. This is where we both knew we had found the one. This trip, though under unfortunate circumstances, had numerous moments of trials! From cancelled flights, to rerouting to different airports just to make it to California, to getting trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for 6 hours in the same spot due to an avalanche - we kept each other laughing through the whole thing. If we could make it through all of that and still remain giddy and entertained after being sleep deprived, cold, and needing to pee after too much Dutch Bros, we figured we could make it through anything else life throws at us if we're together!