We first met freshman year of high school in our first hour Spanish class. We weren't close friends freshman year, but I started crushing on Connor the summer between freshman and sophomore year. When I told him, he told me that he was NOT interested and that I was "funny looking." This is probably the biggest laugh in our relationship because if anyone knows Connor now, he would never say that and in fact tells me multiple times a day how beautiful I am. Fast forward to December 2009, Connor told me that he was interested, but I played very hard to get after he wasn't interested the first time around. I finally agreed to a first date on April 17, 2010 and the rest is history. We were high school sweethearts and voted class couple. We did a mini "distance" relationship in undergrad as Connor went to UW-Milwaukee and I attended UW-Madison. We did a similar distance when I moved to North Chicago for PA school where we spent weeks apart, and the time spent together often involved me studying. Throughout every stage of life, we have always been each other's sounding board, hardest laugh, and best friend. When we celebrate our reception September 11, we will have spent 11 years together and almost 1 year married with a lifetime to go.