Kelly and Phil met the old fashioned way...on Hinge. Phil was visiting a friend in Breckenridge, CO when he messaged Kelly on Hinge. She saw it as a good sign that he liked to go on ski trips and messaged him back. After Phil rescheduled their initial plans to meet up, they met for a beer at Churchkey in DC in February of 2020. They went on a few more dates not knowing that the world was about to shut down. In March of 2020, Kelly returned early from her own ski trip with cousins in Jackson Hole, WY and Phil picked her up from BWI airport. They decided to make it official and *literally* not see any other people for a while (except roommates). Over the next 4 years, they navigated the highs and lows of life together. They made long distance work when Kelly moved to Boston for graduate school (before returning to DC in 2023), enjoyed beach time in the Outer Banks and Stone Harbor, and traveled around the world and the US. After 4.5 years of dating (and 6 months of dog parenting) in July 2024, Phil proposed to Kelly on a walk with their dog Mickie at their favorite spot in their neighborhood...