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Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Wedding photo from Anguilla!

Wedding photo in Anguilla!

Our engagement "photoshoot" taken down the street from Ashlea's parents' house in Edwardsville, IL at SIUE's garden

After announcing to our parents that we're engaged (this was actually three days after we got engaged)

All dressed up to attend the Lyric Opera's 2023 Wine Auction

Our first trip to St. Augustine, FL to visit Aidan's Aunt Eva (we fell in love with this place and Villano Beach!)

Spending the weekend after Easter with Ashlea's family to celebrate Nana's 80th birthday (Nana was already telling people we've been engaged for MONTHS! Lol)

A Chicago Christmas at Jack's Christmas Pop-Up in West Loop (we bought a Nutcracker!)

Attending the wedding of Aidan's cousin Wyatt in November 2023 at a gorgeous winery in New Hampshire

Attending the BMW Championship outside of Chicago to see Ashlea's favorite golfer Rory McIlroy

Our first Halloween in Chicago in 2022

Driving halfway across the country to move from Seattle to Chicago (this is somewhere in South Dakota - so pretty!)

Our first outing after moving to Chicago in September 2022

Our Alaska Cruise with Aidan's aunts

Our Alaska Cruise with Aidan's aunts

Our first anniversary dinner in Vegas at The Capital Grille in October 2020

Attending our first St. Louis Blues game with Ashlea's sister Alex and her husband Ethan

One of our pandemic adventures in Washington State at the dreamy Lake Quinault Lodge

Our Alaska Cruise with Aidan's aunts

One of our first dates after meeting in Ft. Lee Virginia — a trip to the Richmond Art Museum (you know what the slogan is for Virginia, right?! "Virginia is for Lovers")

Visiting Denver, CO and the downtown aquarium

Lake Quinault Lodge in Washington State

Our trip to Vegas to visit Aidan's late best friend Phil, his sister Elizabeth and her boyfriend Nick, and a bunch of their friends!

Attending the wedding of Ashlea's military friend Denis to her husband Ethan somewhere in Kentucky! (ASHLEA CAUGHT THE BOUQUET HERE!!!)

Another trip to Vegas

Celebrating Aidan's birthday in Bellevue, WA in 2021

Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington State (it's anything but disappointing LOL)

Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington State

Visiting the Longest Beach in the World in Washington State

Aidan's "souped up" truck on the Longest Beach in the World

Hiking Mount Rainier in Washington State

Driving through Oregon to Mount Hood (there are SO many waterfalls)

Skiing at Mount Hood in Oregon

Mount Rainier in Washington State

An Airbnb near Mount Hood in Oregon

Mount Hood in Oregon

Mount Hood in Oregon

Gig Harbor in Washington State

Horseback riding in Leavenworth, WA

Hiking along a rushing river in Leavenworth, WA

Kayaking with Aidan's mom and stepdad and friend Tim in the San Juan Islands

Kayaking with Aidan's mom and stepdad and friend Tim in the San Juan Islands

In the San Juan Islands with Aidan's mom and stepdad and friend Tim

Somewhere cool near Dupont, WA

Kayaking with Aidan's mom and stepdad and friend Tim in the San Juan Islands

Visiting RoozenGaarde tulip fields in Skagit Valley, WA

A view of Mount Rainer from Point Ruston in Tacoma, WA

The beginning of our Alaska Cruise in Seward with Aidan's aunts

During our Alaska Cruise, we sailed through Disenchatment Bay and saw Hubbard Glacier, one of the biggest in the world

During our Alaska Cruise, we canoed through Mendenhall Lake near Juneau Alaska (this is another super old glacier)

A huge old glacier in Mendenhall Lake near Juneau Alaska

Aidan eating a huge crab in downtown Juneau during our Alaska cruise

During our roadtrip moving from Seattle to Chicago, we stopped for a hike in Grand Teton National Park

Whale watching during our Alaska Cruise

Visiting Vancouver, Canada at the end of our Alaska Cruise

During our roadtrip moving from Seattle to Chicago, we stopped for another hike at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

During our roadtrip moving from Seattle to Chicago, we stopped for a hike in Grand Teton National Park

During our roadtrip moving from Seattle to Chicago, we stopped in South Dakota to see the Badlands (and saw bison upclose!)

During our roadtrip moving from Seattle to Chicago, we stopped in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

At the 2023 Lyric Opera of Chicago Wine Auction

At the 2023 Lyric Opera of Chicago Wine Auction

At the 2023 Lyric Opera of Chicago Wine Auction

At the 2023 Lyric Opera of Chicago Wine Auction

At the 2023 Lyric Opera of Chicago Wine Auction

Visiting Aidan's Aunt Eva in The Hamptons

Visiting Aidan's Aunt Eva in The Hamptons

On the river walk in our neighborhood of downtown Chicago

On the river walk in our neighborhood of Downtown Chicago

Visiting a LIV Golf tournament with Aidan's dad in Illinois

At the Chicago Loop Alliance annual gala at Palmer House Hilton Hotel

Aidan as a little boy!

On a Chicago boat tour at Navy Pier

At the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Our apartment overlooking the river for St. Patrick's Day

Going to a Cardinals game in St. Louis with Ashlea's sister Alex and her husband Ethan

Vsiting the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine (and Aidan's aunt!)

In downtown St. Augustine

Golfing in St. Augustine at Aidan's aunt's country club

In downtown St. Augustine inside the lighthouse (we're at the top here!!! SO HIGH)

Visiting the St. Regis in our neighborhood which overlooks the rivr in Chicago

Visiting the St. Regis in our neighborhood which overlooks the rivr in Chicago

Visiting Meramack Caverns near St. Louis, MO

Ashlea wearing her ring for the first time out at a restaurant in Edwardsville, IL when visting her family

Visiting Meramack Caverns near St. Louis, MO

Ashlea as a baby!

Ashlea as a lieutenant in the Army Reserves (served 8 years)

Aidan as a lieutenant in Active Duty Army (served full-time 4 years)

Aidan as a baby!