Tracy was born on the last day of 1986 in Syracuse, New York. The Greene family moved to Austin almost two years later. There, she grew, played Playmobil, ran around, failed choir, got bit by mosquitoes, discovered art, and met Jacob.
Jacob was born in the spring of 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Hendricksons moved to Austin about a year after the Greenes. The two families lived 5.1 miles apart (according to Google maps) but Tracy and Jacob didn't meet until sixth grade at Murchison Middle School.
They were in some of the same classes there, but the only spark between them was the one from a match Jacob tried to light on his friend's arm cast during science. Tracy rolled her eyes at the disruptive behavior and the two went separate ways. Jacob left Murchison for Kealing Junior High and went on to a different high school. They didn't meet again until mutual friend Afshan Miri (groomsman) "introduced" the two when they were all sixteen years old.
Tracy and Jacob hit it off. He asked her out, and she drove him around (because he didn't even have his license yet). He taught her about history and archaeology. And she taught him about old movies and musicals. He taught her to let loose. And she taught him dedication and hard work. They dated through high school, through four years of long-distance college years, through getting first jobs (Tracy), and through the first years of grad school (Jacob). And now, after seven years of dating, the two have gotten engaged!
