Ellen and Andrew are getting married! Welcome to our wedding website, we can't wait to celebrate our special day with you. We've created this website as a convenient and interactive way to share all of the important details with you in the lead up to our wedding. We will be updating the website in the coming weeks so please check back periodically! You can also read more about our love story, travel info, FAQ’s and check out our registry information, too. So have fun, take a look around, and don't forget to RSVP! Finally - thank you for your ongoing love and support. We are so excited to share this day with you and look forward to dancing the night away with all of our favorite people!

Never did I imagine that I would meet the man who would become my lifelong partner at my workplace - a pharmacy at that! Our story began in July 2015, when I walked into my shift at Walgreens. From a distance when I first saw him, he resembled a pharmacist friend I knew so I called out his name and said hello. No response. I walked up and embarrassingly realized that I had the wrong person. Which quickly became totally fine because he was cute. I couldn’t figure out his age between his youthful looks and his plentiful white hair, nor could I guess his nationality, since he looks more Korean than me. Like many women, I had a checklist of qualities that I envisioned for my perfect future husband. While he seemed like a good guy, right off the bat Andrew was an anomaly in my expectations. However, as I got to know him, he found his way into my heart and unknowingly I had thrown my checklist out the window. After many denials, I knew I liked him, a lot. Well, my heart did. It wouldn’t stop fluttering every time I saw his smile, and my face wouldn’t stop turning red when I smiled back. So.. That’s how it took off!

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and good things can come when they are least expected. It was my first day on the job as a newly-licensed pharmacist, haphazardly thrown into one of the busiest Walgreens in Connecticut. On the outside, I was my usual, calm and composed self. On the inside, however, I was like a chicken running around with its head cut off. "Laser focus", I told myself. That was my forte - blocking out all the distractions and chaos around the pharmacy and doing my own thing. However, that day God placed a distraction before me that I absolutely could not ignore. I glanced up outside the pharmacy window and saw her standing a few feet away, grabbing some things off a shelf. "Is she an employee..?" I looked away for a moment to get back to my work, but there was something about her that drew me to take a second glance, and then came the third. When I looked up for the fourth time, she was gone, and my heart sank a little. Seconds later, I heard the beeping of the pharmacy door code being entered. I held my breath. In walked my future wife, throwing on her white coat. A silly grin crept its way onto my face as I did an inner fist pump. Luckily, she thought I was kinda cute. And the rest was history.

On August 1, 2017 we were on a Lin family trip to Reno, Nevada. We had gone there the previous year and loved our time at beautiful Lake Tahoe and the surrounding beaches. My older brother and sister-in-law who live in Reno wanted to be in on the surprise, and so that was how the location was set. Ellen had an inkling suspicion that I was going to propose, but couldn't find a ring in the luggage. Long story short, there was – in retrospect – a painfully obvious yet successful set-up courtesy of the Lin family, a ninja-worthy ring box that fit stealthily in my wallet, and a big "uh-oh" moment when I realized that the "beach" I wanted to propose at was wiped out due to flooding in the previous months. Despite some unexpected mishaps, the bride-to-be said yes and shed some happy tears. Mission accomplished! We're super excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you. See you all in Long Island City!