A Celebration a Decade in the Making

We met at the Center for Drug Design where Alli was Post-docing and I was a lab manager. We bonded chasing the bus home from late nights at a conference and running A/V at a terrible pig virus session at ASV. To spend time with Alli, I became an enthusiastic morning runner. We started dating and embarked together to Madison.

In Madison we found degrees, jobs and most of all fun times and friends! Chris began the long haul as an MD/PhD, while I explored...trying my hand at many trades until I found the place for me. We hiked, biked, backpacked and adventured through life and the wilderness of this country together. There have been stitches, breaks, hard work and falling ceilings; but luckily mostly wonderful times have filled our days. Cruising the farmers market, biking the barns and all that Madison has to offer while we grew together and figured things out. In June 2019, while backpacking and Chris was being swarmed by hummingbirds, we decided to get married. Since then, the 2020 Pandemic has confirmed our compatibility and affection for one another.