
We enjoyed doing fun things with our friends in Washington DC before we started dating. If you ask them, they saw it coming before we did!

We were in love, just didn't quite know it yet

We shared our first kiss sitting by the Washington Monument! We went back a month later and took this picture

Elijah went with Patricia to visit the Millers in North Carolina for the 4th of July, and he fit right in!

Elijah proposed to Patricia on her birthday outside the Utah Capitol building

Patricia visited Ohio several times during the school year while she finished her MPA at BYU and Elijah started his PhD at The Ohio State

Elijah visited Utah over the holidays and we enjoyed spending time with family and friends, attending the Provo City Center Temple, and going on real dates again

We spent our first Christmas together in Utah and enjoyed 3 weeks of "short distance"