Our story technically began at a hospital, which sounds much more dramatic than it actually was. We worked together, knew each other, and went on with our lives with absolutely no idea that a few years later we’d somehow end up here.

Fast forward a few years, and life decided to give us another shot at noticing each other. This time, it worked.

Almost four years later, we’ve traveled to multiple countries, learned new skills (with varying degrees of success), survived graduate school, and accumulated enough inside jokes that most of our conversations probably make very little sense to anyone else.

We also unironically finish each other’s sentences. Constantly. It was cute at first. Now it’s mostly a race to see who can get the thought out first.

Together, we’ve survived delayed flights, missed turns, stressful semesters, assembling things without reading the instructions, hunger-induced personality changes, and the occasional disagreement that definitely could have been avoided if one of us had just eaten something.

And after nearly four years together, we still genuinely like hanging out with each other — which feels like a pretty solid foundation for marriage.

So we figured we might as well make it official.

We’re incredibly excited to start this next chapter and even more excited to celebrate it with all of you. Thank you for being part of our story, traveling to celebrate with us, and giving us an excellent excuse to throw a beach party.

Vlada & Danny