Amy and I met at our mutual friend Stephanie's birthday party in May, 2011. During college, Amy trained with Stephanie one summer (both were elite collegiate swimmers at UVA and UGA, respectively) and had remained friends. Stephanie and I met through ALTA (Atlanta's adult tennis league) and were doubles tennis partners.
I co-hosted Stephanie's birthday party at Rocky Mountain Pizza (the restaurant that my groomsman Dave owns) that Amy was also invited to. Stephanie told me about Amy and said that we might hit it off. We ended up talking quite a bit that night and I introduced Amy to the fitness craze called the Shake Weight (that's the white thing you see in the background next to the pink cup - that's my hand you see holding the pink cup). I asked her out a couple of days later and the rest is history!
There's actually a lot more embarrassing details about that night - the competing suitor for Amy's attention (how'd that work out for ya, fella...), me sleeping in my car that night, and me getting woken up by the Ga Tech police the next morning in said car. But Amy asked that I keep it classy for this website.