Gallery

This is the first photo we ever took together, once we realized we didn't have any! They started officially dating the day before. July 3, 2022

We first said "I love you" right after this photo was taken, after dancing all night in Wildwood, NJ! Sept 5, 2022

John surprised Charis with one of her bucket list items: milking a cow! Sept 17, 2022

This is the first ever instance of Nova jumping up on the couch with us! She's gotten much more used to us being together since then. Sept 23, 2022

Charis and John love cooking together and do it almost every night! Oct 18, 2022

Charis loves hiking, and John jumped in head first! Here's their first hike together at Annapolis Rocks. Oct 23, 2022

Contrary to how the pic looks, we didn't get engaged here! We went to tapas, Jerry Seinfeld, and a rooftop bar all in one night though! John got to show Charis around Baltimore. Oct 28, 2022

We ran our first race together (a 10k) over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge! It was awesome! Nov 13, 2022

One of Charis' favorite times with John was when he showed her around STAR campus at UD where he went to PT school! They snuck in after hours and had the place to themselves. Nov 25, 2022

Charis and John went to their first wedding together in December! John asked Charis to go in July though, weeks after they started dating! Dec 10, 2022

Charis turned 27 with John by her side! Dec 15, 2022

Christmas Eve! Dec 24, 2022

John surprised Charis with a proposal in their future home. He played and sang their favorite song and then proposed. She said yes! Dec 28, 2022!

Hiking at Sugarloaf Mountain on New Year's Day! Jan 1, 2023

After a lot of searching, we found a venue and picked a date for our wedding! Jan 28, 2023

Celebrating John's 31st birthday with homemade meatballs and chocolate cake! Feb 13, 2023

Charis' dad took engagement photos of us, and we knew we had to come back to where we started dating! Mar 12, 2023

On July 2, 2022 we got trapped on this treasury building's porch on State Circle in Annapolis in one of the worst thunderstorms ever! That's when we started officially dating! Mar 12, 2023

We're looking forward to tying the knot on June 11, 2023 with all of our family and friends around us! Mar 12, 2023

Thank you, Dad, for taking amazing engagement photos of us!