Wedding Date on Mar 27, 2021

Twas a Thursday before Dylan's graduation and all the Toreros were stirring at the Beachcomber. Amongst a sea of drunks, one stood out from the rest. With a twinkle (or drunken glaze) in his eye, Dyl stumbled on over and asked, "So what's your story?" Being the wordsmith that he is, Ali was immediately swooped off her feet and the rest was history... Okay, maybe not swooped off her feet but more so intrigued. Anyway, they continued dating throughout Ali's senior year and Dylan got to vicariously re-live his senior year going out in Mission Beach. Upon Ali's graduation, their journey would take them all over the country. From Minneapolis where they lived briefly, to San Diego, to 3 years of long-distance, and ultimately to Chicago where they live now. What have they been doing these past 8 years?! Well, while Dylan pursued an MBA at SDSU, Ali landed her dream job in Chicago at LinkedIn. After enough late-night arguments centered on "where do we go??", Dylan finally caved and moved to Chicago. Despite being greeted by the 2018 Polar Vortex (where temps plummeted to -50 degrees!), he's grown to love the food, people, and city they now call "home". With a combined passion for traveling, this duo has made it a point to see the world and have traveled all over to places including Hong Kong, Thailand, Peru, Canada, Bali, as well as various parts of the US (and hiked about 1,000,000 miles along the way!). Eight years after they met, Dylan decided to pop the big question in South Haven, MI (a very special place to the Kraker family) on October 24th. It was the greatest day of Ali's life. She, of course, couldn't refuse and their story began a new chapter. And, finally, this is where you all come in! Ali & Dyl are so excited to kick off their next chapter with their very closest friends and family. So please come celebrate with them in San Diego on March 27th!