BY: KELS

Brett and I met in September of 2021. Brett had just moved to Austin, and was looking for a CrossFit gym to join in the area. I was coaching at one up the road so I invited him to check it out. After a week or two of hitting workouts together, we decided to grab a beer. Chatting was easy, and we ended up out for a few hours - ending the night with dinner at one of our now favorite spots - Doc Bs! Since Brett was settling into Austin, and since I was a coach at the gym we both attended, we decided wed be better off to just stay friends (ha).

About a week later, I adopted our Phoebe girl. She was just a small little pup so I brought her with me to the gym every day to socialize and get her energy out. Brett being the dog-lover he is, immediately took to Phoebe and would always help out with her while we worked out. Almost immediately, he became Phoebes favorite person. Over the next few weeks, we became better friends through workouts at the gym, texting each other GIFs from FRIENDS, happy hour margaritas with gym pals, and eventually our weekly puppy playdates for Piper and Phoebe. Brett and I chatted for hours about all the things during their play dates, and looking back I think the dogs were really just a great excuse for us to spend some quality 1:1 time together. Things progressed pretty natural from there and sometime in November, we went on our first real date. The rest really is history as they say!

On February 29, Brett and I were ending our day chatting by the bonfire in our backyard with the dogs. After a few minutes of Brett saying some REALLY nice things, I realized, omg yay he is proposing. He got down on one knee, and I of course said yes. It was perfectly us.

We are so excited to celebrate this next phase of life together, and are even more excited to do so with our closest friends and family here in our *new* home town!