Gallery

The first dinner we made together, when restaurants were shut down

When gyms were closed Kira created mats out of blankets for one of their first few dates

The first time we played unicorns, before we taught everyone who let us

Kira and Jordan bought bikes and went on a tour of Brooklyn to introduce their friends (in social distanced fashion) to each other

Many indoor private jiu jitsu lessons for Kira through early COVID in NYC

Bike rides to the beach

Walks along the river

Hikes everywhere we could find them!!! This is Jordan's first time up Buck Mountain on Lake George

We hiked the High Peaks in the Adirondacks in June with Kira's parents and it snowed!!!

We traded sheets for portable mats and brought them everywhere in 2020 and 2021 (This is Saratoga Spa State Park)

We turned Jordan's fire escape into an outdoor dining room when restaurants were still closed, for date nights

We hiked the Whites!

In fact we through hiked/camped in the whites with Kira's brothers

Kira bought camping gear, she'd previously said she'd never be a camper but she learned to love it

We did friends boats together (thank you Julia!)

We golfed together (this is Top of the world in Lake George)

And we kept on hiking (Mt Katahdin)

Acadia with Kira's family

Acadia / Jordan Pond

We really did bring mats everywhere (Acadia National Park)

Kira got Jordan a guitar, so now he can serenade everyone with music too

We started chasing the fall

Jordan introduced Kira to Tornado Rex

We got very into Halloween (Harley and the Joker)

When we moved in together, we started bringing our mats to the roof for the city view backdrop

We fell in love with Beacon before we decided to move there!

We stayed in airbnbs and bed and breakfasts all over the hudson valley / catskills to help us decide if we could really make the move

Our first menorah AND first christmas tree together

Jordan's first christmas!!

We taped a lot of apt jiu jitsu

We dressed up sometimes to see friends

We fell in love with the Smokey Mountains (almost 2 weeks down there to celebrate Jess and Anthony's wedding)

The first of several friends weddings we attended (Jess & Anthony June 2021!!)

More hiking

Us at Jason and Yan's wedding!

More golf <3, usually with Kira's Dad!!

Jordan biked the carriage trails of Mt Desert Island with Kira and her brothers, which they have done since they were little kids

Usually moving and usually outside

On the coast (Newport,RI for Mike & Julia's wedding)

Mike and Julia Ryan's wedding <3

A beautiful Adirondacks Fall (Mt Van Hoovenberg)

Somewhere near Lake Placid in Fall 2021

We celebrated Mike & Melia's wedding! October 2021 in Highlands, North Carolina

We finally went back to our actual jiu jitsu gym and stopped training on our 10 x 10 ft mats

We threw some parties (a triple birthday /halloween party)

We went to some parties (Halloween, Frida Kahlo and Gen Z)

We did late night pizza once

And Mohonk Mountain House for my birthday in 2021

We got COVID and missed Christmas with the fam, but made the best of it in the city (December 25, 2021)

All the kitchen jiu jitsu and mat traveling helped get Kira her blue belt from Lui and Mila at the end of 2021 <3

We did one last dinner in the city as city people (Rule of Thirds on NYE 2021)

And then we made the big move to Beacon on January 2, 2022!

We ski/snowboarded a bunch

And we had Beacon visitors (Kira's Mom and Dad)

Kira became a Rutgers fan

We hiked ice!

We escaped the snow for the heat (Miami in March 2022 with Julia and Mike!)

We celebrated Isaac and Emily's wedding too! <3

We celebrated Jordan's Dad Ken's birthday <3 in May!

And we kept hiking, even more

A new amazing gym welcomed us in Beacon <3 (Thank you EGA!!!)

And then we went to Puglia, Italy to celebrate Matt & Victoria's wedding <3

We went on a boat near Bari in Puglia

We could have stayed in Cefalu, Sicily forever

We ate lots of pizza and spritzs (This is in Palermo, Sicily)

And we hiked there too - 12 miles around Palermo, Sicily

We saw Billy Strings live (twice!) together - 2nd time pictured here, in NYC

We fell even more for Beacon as locals

And found new trails to wander

We went to a game with our Dads and Danny (jordan's brother!)

And then Jordan popped the big question- we got engaged! (At the Beacon Reservoir on August 4th))

<3

We celebrated Shannon (Kira's sister) and Andrew's wedding in August 2022

Shannon and Andrew's wedding - Family Photo

We celebrated Abe and Molly's wedding (in Burlington, VT)

We tried to go to a yankee play offs game that got rained out

Sometimes we went out, and it wasn't just for weddings or sports (dinner in Boston)

Even when we had a gym to go to, we still broke (break?) out the mats - this is in Beacon

Kira celebrated the high holidays with Jordan's family

We celebrated Suzie and Larry's wedding!

A Breslauer-Schwab-Mulshine brunch in NYC

One of many fire tower hikes (Catskills October 2022)

A gorgeous fall golfing day in Beacon (October 2022)

We waited for trick or treaters.... Beacon disappointed us with the turn out ;), but now we have candy for a full year

And we found our favorite local lookout point....on the short loop of Bull Hill

Storm King 2022

Fancy for my birthday 2022 November. I love dressing up which is why our wedding dress code is formal 🙃

Fancy for Anne and GA's wedding in December!

Sometimes, rarely, we went to real bars together

Jordan returned to competitions and won!

And we made it home for another Christmas, no COVID in 2022 😎

Kira competed in jiu jitsu for the first time. Where she medaled but unfortunately hurt her back, which she's been nursing all year but will be back out there again someday <3

We went to Mexico City and dined like royalty

We beached in Tulum.... to celebrate the upcoming marriage of Victor and Christine

We celebrated Jordan's dad's birthday with the fam

We celebrated Kira's grandmother's birthday upstate

We celebrated Kira's Dad's 60th at a yankee game with the fam!!

Date nights continued (Cold Sprint waterfront)

Jordan was promoted to brown belt, making Kira a proud fiance <3

We can't wait to kiss in front of all you on 11/5