We both graduated together from Holy Angels in Richfield, MN. We were friends throughout school, but never dated. Fast forward to a couple of years later in 2015-ish, Terese in Seattle and Tony in Minneapolis, we decided to start 'hanging out' (makes perfect sense, huh?). After many adventures, in 2018 we both found ourselves back in the home state of Minnesota.
After checking a couple of half marathons off the bucket list, Tony decided to venture into a new activity - mountain bike racing. Why start small when you can go big, easily one of Tony's mottos. His first bike race was in Hayward, WI. Just a short 40 mile mountain bike race through the hills of the Birkebeiner Ski Trail. Terese and both families were up in Hayward spectating the event and of coarse cheering on Tony! At about mile 30, Tony cramped up and nearly didn't finish the race (thanks Amy, Tony's Mom, for the push to finish)! After crossing the finish line, Tony got down on one knee and completely surprised Terese with a proposal.