Our love story began in the fall of 2015 with a fateful right swipe. Over dinner and drinks in Ann Arbor on our first date, an unexplainable comfort was felt and an immediate connection was formed. We hung out again the next day to watch the UM vs. MSU game and have been inseparable since. While we were both in graduate school (Emily at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Matthew at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor) we braved two years of long distance by alternating weekends making the three hour drive between CLE and A2. Our weekends were filled with research, studying, The Office, and while in CLE, our favorite restaurant BIBIBOP. Emily’s graduation brought the end of long distance and our first apartment together in Ann Arbor, where we celebrated Matthew becoming Dr. Kvalheim! In the summer of 2019, we headed west to Colorado for a wedding and made a week long trip out of it. While hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, Matthew got down on one knee and asked Emily the biggest question of his life. Our Dream Lake proposal was captured by a photographer Matthew had hired to hike out before us. Sneaky! Since our engagement, we have moved to Philadelphia, PA, where Matthew is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and Emily is a Speech-Language Pathologist at a skilled nursing facility. We even adopted two furry pals, Mars & Neptune, to accompany us during our extra time at home during the pandemic. We are overjoyed to be able to host our closest friends and family to witness and celebrate our marriage! We are looking forward to seeing you on October 23rd :)