This blog post is dedicated to Allie's Grandpa who passed away just a few days after their wedding celebration.

Allie and Brian met as 13 and 14 year-olds when their mutual friend, Tyler, invited them both to go on a trip to Great America which Tyler says should give him the credit for Allie and Brian getting married. Allie was smitten right away, but they lived several hours apart so they didn't see each other much and Brian blew her off. That summer, Allie begged her older sister to drive her to see him but she didn't feel like it so she refused. Dana insists that SHE is the reason they eventually got together because "How many 13 and 14 year-olds relationships do you know that have lasted?"