We met through a mutual friend from high school in January of 2016 while Liam was living in New Jersey. We were long distance friends for a year before we started dating and the long distance finally ended 6 months into our relationship when Liam moved back down to Florida. We learned early on that we attended the same high school and sat very close to each other but never saw or met one another even though we had mutual friends! We ended up dating 8 years before we got engaged on December 12th of 2024 (the day before Madeline's parents’ wedding anniversary!!), and here we are! January is a very special month to us because we met and started dating in this month. We started dating January 8th of 2017, and now we have the privilege of getting married on the same date! We have been dreaming of our wedding day since the day we met and our vision is based on a pinterest board from 2017 that we thought was just for fun!!