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Madeline jokingly told Jordan that if he proposed on this trip, we should announce it on the "Today" show! Just a few days later, Jordan popped the question, and we told the whole world shortly after.
Our second date! Madeline's 21st birthday!
The day we officially became girlfriend and boyfriend!
Our first Badgers versus Gophers basketball game.
Our first Valentine's Day together! We both said "I love you!" on this night as well!
Jordan took Madeline to Minnesota for their first Fourth of July together!
This is the classroom where we first met!
Jordan's first time visiting Madeline's family.
We celebrated Jordan's 23rd birthday at a Twins game! Our first baseball stadium that we went to together.
Jordan's first time visiting Madeline's grandpa's cabin in Minocqua!
Jordan took Madeline to a Badger football game for her birthday. Of course, the Badgers lost...
Our first wedding and trip together! We traveled to Pennsylvania for Jordan's college roommate's wedding!
Our first Badger basketball game! The Badgers won the Big Ten Championship versus Purdue that night!
Our first photo as a family of four!
One of our favorite places in Minocqua: Briq's Ice Cream!
We traveled to Lambeau Field to watch Manchester City face Bayern Munich. This was Jordan's first time at Lambeau Field!
Jordan and Madeline traveled to Washington D.C. to move Madeline's sister into college.
We attempted to take a first day of school photo when the dogs were puppies! This would be the first of many attempts to try to get a good photo with them!
Jordan gifted Madeline a couple's photo session for her birthday that year! One of Madeline's favorite pictures of them!
Notice how Jordan is holding Madeline's dog, and how Madeline is holding Jordan's dog? We realized pretty early on that getting pictures with the dogs would be nearly impossible.
Stevie and Stella's first Christmas! This was also the first Christmas that Madeline and Jordan spent together.
Our first concert together! We saw Keith Urban in Las Vegaa!
Another picture from our trip to Las Vegas: Hoover Dam!
Our first rivalry baseball game! Of course, the Twins won in the bottom of the ninth!
We had many weddings in 2023. The first was in South Dakota for Jordan's friend Carter's wedding.
Jordan was the best man in his brother's wedding this summer!
A cold and chilly wedding celebrating Madeline's friend's wedding!
Jordan's Christmas gift to Madeline that year was a trip to New York City! This picture was taken on Valentine's Day in Times Square!
Their first trip to the "Today" show! They were able to film a shoutout and stand 10 feet away from Jennifer Lopez!
Jordan and Madeline are big fans of "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert! Pictures are prohibited inside the theater, but they were able to be pulled up on stage as part of the opening act!
Madeline and Jordan's first NBA playoff game together!
For Jordan's birthday this year, Madeline surprised him with a trip to Yosemite and San Francisco! This picture was taken in the Mariposa Grove section of Yosemite!
Madeline figured the only way she would be able to get Jordan to go to an Oakland A's game was to see his Minnesota Twins play. She was right!
The last baseball game to round out this trip was a San Francisco Giants game! This is one of Jordan's favorite baseball stadiums!
Jordan and Madeline's first NFL game together! In case you haven't noticed, every time they go to their respective team's games, Madeline's team always loses.
Boston! Just a few days before Jordan popped the big question!
Madeline surprised Jordan for his birthday this year with a trip to Boston and New York City to check off three more stadiums! Here we are at Fenway Park!
Jordan hired a private photographer to capture the engagement!
Jordan proposed in Central Park in front of the San Remo building!
A moment for the ring!
The picture we sent to our families to announce our engagement!
On this trip to New York City, we were finally able to see a game at Yankee Stadium!
Our traditional first day of school picture! This is the best we got with Stevie and Stella!
Madeline and Jordan after storming the field at a Badger Football game this fall!
The day after we got engaged, and we did what all newly engaged couples do: visit the Statue of Liberty!
For all the days along the way
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