Joe and Tracey met initially while playing volleyball on separate teams at Alpine Lanes in Muskego. Due to Joe's choice in kitten t-shirts Tracey was a bit judgmental, however that did not stop Joe from asking a mutual friend if she was taken. Sadly she was :( Fast forward to 2023, both Tracey and Joe were experiencing the joys of online dating, specifically the Bumble app. An initial conversation was started by Tracey since the number one rule on Bumble is females chat first. Tracey laughed out loud at his bathroom selfie, Joe wearing an ugly Christmas sweater with a sloth on it. Tracey does love sloths! & that cheesy grin of his really made her smile :D Banter was exchanged for a couple weeks then, no response from him. He reached out a couple weeks later, and no response from her. Luckily, shortly there after, a volleyball emergency occurred. A male teammate on Tracey's team bailed for the entire season, the day before the first match of the summer. Tracey, stressed about who would play the next day, thought of Joe. He was really good plus he seemed like he would be fun to play with. To Tracey's relief, Joe agrees! After the first game, Tracey's team was begging Joe to stay on for the rest of the season, which he agreed to! At this point, Joe knew Tracey was interested in him and Tracey knew Joe was interested in her, but Tracey didn't want to try dating during the volleyball season. What would happen if it went horribly wrong and then we had to see each other every week all summer long!? Too risky! On June 13th 2023 that all changed. Tracey's volleyball team had forfeit since they did not want to play in the rain. Joe was already there in his rain coat with his umbrella waiting to play. He thought this was the perfect time to ask Tracey out. I mean, she couldn't say she was busy because they were suppose to play volleyball together that night, right? Tracey suggested they go to Meiji for their Tuesday sushi special. Joe picked her up, wearing a black polo. Although very outdated, he looked adorable. Once at Meiji, the two sat at the bar while they waited for a table to open. Tracey, being a Meiji regular, was greeted by the restaurant manager. Who then proceeded to call Tracey out for bringing all her dates there by saying "OHHHH, new guy?!" After Tracey recovered from her face turning as red as a tomato, the rest of the date went swimmingly. A couple weeks later, they were official. The first "I love yous" were exchanged in the middle of a Summerfest parking debacle shortly there after, and the rest was history. Joe proposed to Tracey on June 14th, 2024. He did it with some of her closest friends around her while camping in the WI Dells for a tubing trip next to the river with a sunset in the background! It was perfect. The end!