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Jon & Erin

The best kind of love story has an interesting beginning. For some, it's meeting their future spouse via happenstance. For others, it's a deliberate setup from a friend of a friend. For Jon and Erin, it was playing with toys.

Jon and Erin grew up together in a small town in upstate New York. Their dads were friends, so Erin often had the opportunity to play with Jon and his sister Jenny.Eventually, Jon would move to Minnesota with his mom. While their families kept in touch, these kiddos didn't see each other until bumping into each other at a graduation party in 2014. Sparks flew, dates happened and before you knew it they were engaged.

Jon, a phy-ed teacher (and, no doubt the coolest teacher in his school) and Erin, member of the Olympic Luge team (and BRONZE Metal winner! WHAT!?), have made their competitive and playful spirit a center point of their relationship. You can't help but wonder if this spirit was fostered long ago as two kids playing with toys in the living room of Jon's dad's house.