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Elizabeth: one year old. (1995)

Yong: new born and constantly hungry. (1996)

Elizabeth: Is that a streak of spit on her shirt??? She was probably running around screaming. (1995)

Yong: As soon as he could walk, he started lifting weights. (1996)

Elizabeth: 2 years old. She loved to read books as a child. Good for her! (1996)

Yong: swimming in a big bowl. He had no idea it is the same bowl grandmothers use to prepare and season kimchi.

Elizabeth, Rachel, Catie, and Sarah: The small big four. More girls to come, obviously.

Yong-Chul and Hyung-Chul: This is a very rare picture of the two of them smiling naturally together.

Elizabeth: She looks different! Quite a volume of hair.

Yong: Very early days of Martial Arts training for Kyokushin Karate-do. He was goofing around. (Kanagawa, Japan)

Elizabeth: In her teens. She had quite a volume of hair.

Yong with his family: It's a family trip to Guam and his first trip to the US. He forgot how to smile naturally. (Guam)

Elizabeth and Rachel: Elizabeth's senior piano recital. (May, 2012)

Elizabeth: High school graduation. Let's go! (2012, Round Lake, IL)

Mia, Sarah middle school graduation, Elizabeth, Catie high school graduation. (2012, Round Lake, IL)

Yong: He wrestled for 148 lbs in high school. This is from his debut Varsity match. (2013, Tokyo, Japan)

Elizabeth and Catie: Elizabeth was playing for College of Lake Country as a striker (#10). They won the league! (2013)

Kaimi, Yong, Jeffrey, Kentaro: From the Far East Tournament. We won the first place for the individual championship and won the second-place for the dual tournament as a team. (2014, Yokota Air Base)

Yong, Kent (valedictorian), Chance (salutatorian), Yuki, Heesang, and Junpyo: High school graduation. Yong received science award at the graduation. (2014, Tokyo, Japan)

Yong, Austin, Jeremy: We were planning to camp on a US military base, but we forgot our passports. We were rightfully rejected, and decided to camp in a mountain nearby instead... (2014, Tokyo Japan)

Naoto, Rikuo, Yong: A picture from the summer Hope College international student orientation. We enjoyed a refreshing bike ride around the island. (2014, Mackinac Island, MI)

Elizabeth and Ellen: First-rate mentor-mentee relationship; an award-winning mentee and mentor. (2016 Three Lakes, Wisconsin)

Rachel, Catie, and Elizabeth: The big three; Rachel and Catie visiting me at Hope College.

Ce, Issei, Sehyun, Yong, Sinwoo, Yaya: Hope College has an annual showcase of cultural diversity called IMAGES. We played some Korean and Japanese music. Yong was the drummer. (2017, Holland, MI)

Elizabeth: class of 2017, Hope College graduation (Holland, MI).

Abbey, Yong, Elizabeth: Elizabeth invited Yong to 7/4 with Abbey's family in PA. Yong was there to simply enjoy his time off from summer research. He enjoyed the outdoors. (2017, Harrisburg, PA)

Yong: First time caving! Having hard time going through a tight space. We had to retreat after this photo because Josh found a "booger." Turns out the booger was a groundhog. (2017, Harrisburg, PA)

Yong and Elizabeth: A rocky, serpentine hiking path. We enjoyed our first adventure together as friends. (2017, Harrisburg, PA)

Yong: Chilling on a rock. He was looking around to see how high he'd climbed up. (2017 Harrisburg, PA)

Abbey, Elizabeth, and Yong: Aunt Molly treated us before Yong's departure. Yong enjoyed his first introduction to the American life in PA. By the way, the pancakes were superb. (2017, Harrisburg, PA)

Yong and Elizabeth: We were talking about how Yong is emotionally stable while most people experience highs :) and lows :) (2017, Holland, MI)

Yong & Elizabeth: We are officially a couple! Yong properly asked out Elizabeth, and she said YES. Yong was in Nashville for his graduate school interview at Vanderbilt. (3/10/2018, Nashville, TN)

Yong and Elizabeth: At the Nashville Grand Oprey House. We are inside of the building exploring the garden. We were clearly very awkward. Yong flew back to Hope College later this day. (03/10/2018)

Yong and Elizabeth in front of a Magnolia tree at University of Tennessee. This is the second visit to TN for Yong. (03/28/2018, Knoxville, TN)

Yong and Elizabeth at Cades Cove, TN, Smokey Mountains in the background. (03/2018, Knoxville, TN)

Yong is cooking for Lynn's family. He did his best to make Korean pancakes. Yong thought it was poorly made ... (3/20/2018, Lynn's house, TN)

We are having some quality time before Yong's graduation! (5/6/2018, Lake MI)

Yong's parents at Hope graduation. Thank you for flying all the way from Japan! (05/2018)

A selfie at Yong's graduation. We took the photo in the music building. We respect each other's musical background. (05/2018)

Yong is reading a note from Elizabeth. He is focused... (05/2018)

Elizabeth's first encounter with Yong's parents! Yong's mother and Elizabeth devoured a large piece of chocolate cake. By the way, the scallop plate was très délicieux... (05/2018).

Elizabeth threw a fluff bomb at me. She thinks I look like a turtle. Looks more like a gecko to me. (5/27/2018, Lynn's house, TN)

We spent our summer apart in 2018. Yong went to Cambodia for TASSEL (this was his third time). He spent two weeks teaching kids English and serving the community. (06/2018, Battambang, Cambodia)

Margaret, Elizabeth, Caroline: Elizabeth was visiting the UK for her studies. It was her first international travel and her friends welcomed her arrival. (07/2018, Museum of Nat. History, London, UK)

Kent and Yong: While Elizabeth was studying hard, Yong was on a mission with his 暇人 (bored) friends to make BIG bubbles. In life, one simply needs a purpose, no matter how small. (07/20/2018, Japan)

Elizabeth is getting her lab tour. What a great experience! (07/2018 JET tokamak Oxford, UK)

Yong is very excited to eat Tonkatsu. The great thing of this particular place is that everyone can refill rice and salad for NO ADDITIONAL COST. (07/23/2018, Japan)

Elizabeth under the arch. She had other great pictures from the museum, but this one captures the intricacy of the building design. Great lighting too. (07/2018, Museum of Natural History, London UK)

Elizabeth likes tree pictures and this is a perfect example. She is in the Oxford University garden. (07/2018, University of Oxford, UK)

We came back to the US. This is our first IKEA trip in Atlanta getting furniture for Elizabeth's apartment (Yong: she kept moving so I could not take a good picture...). (08/2018, Atlanta, GA)

Yong visits Elizabeth's favorite museum - MSI in Chicago. Yong is being goofy with the plasma ball. (08/2018, Chicago, IL)

Hiking in the mountain together. We saw a beautiful lake at the end of the hike. (08/2018, Knoxville, TN)

Elizabeth visits Boston for the first time! Colonial tricornered hats at the gift shop of the Old North Church in Boston. We got the attitude of rebels, clearly. (10/05/2018, Boston, MA)

Casually walking along the water front of the Boston harbor. The weather was beautiful. (10/05/2018, Boston, MA)

One of Elizabeth's favorite pictures: She loves the red tree in the back! (10/07/2018, Boston Botanic Garden, MA)

Elizabeth tried to make Yong smile better. She was tickling and poking hard in this one. (10/7/2018, Boston Botanic Garden, MA)

Yong visits Elizabeth and her family for Thanksgiving! We were picking out a Christmas tree. (11/23/2018, Roundlake, IL)

We were visiting Uncle Chet and Aunt Betty for Christmas Eve. We had great Italian beef, Chicago-style hot dog. We were walking around to digest the food. (12/24/2018, Chicago, IL)

Mr. P is working very hard to do his job as a therapy cat. He is purr-ty fluffy. :) (12/24/2018, Roundlake, IL)

Lindquist family tradition on Catie's birthday is to go to Downtown for the Zoo light event. We took a quick photo that day. (12/28/2018, Chicago, IL)

We are at Abbey's wedding! I am on dish-washing duty and Elizabeth popped-in to say hi. Aunt Molly took this picture for us. (01/2019, Harrisburg, PA)

At Abbey and Dakota's wedding ceremony! This was Yong's first wedding in his whole life (unless he is forgetting something). We had a great fun celebrating the newly weds (01/2019, Harrisburg, PA)

We went to the Tennessee Aquarium and found a squid hat! This one is Yong's favorite picture from that trip. Libbi is all "squin"ty ;) (02/16/2019, Chattanooga, TN)

Fast-forward 3 months, Libbi visited Boston for the second time! We are ready to watch the Avengers End Game. Also, the same day I lost my debit card lol. Wasn't that funny. (05/22/2019, Boston, MA)

Yong likes candid photos: I love this one. This wins "the photo of the trip." Libbi surely ran on Dunkin that day. (05/25/2019, Cambridge, MA)

In front of the MIT Sloan business school. The weather was gorgeous. Apparently, we are comfortable with each other enough to make weird faces. Libbi copied Yong ;) (05/25/2019, Cambridge, MA)

On top of the Bunker Hill Monument. Respect to those who fought for the freedom. Aside: An astute observer may have noticed our clothes match. We did not plan this out. (05/26/2019, Boston, MA)

Here we witnessed a great advancement in optical device. This picture contains all known wave phenomena. This is probably the best picture I (Yong) have taken with my phone. (05/27/2019, Boston, MA)

Our first Fourth of July together since Harrisburg! We also met the elderly couple whose wife Yong talked to on the plane ride from NYC to Knoxville. What a small world! (07/04/2019, Knoxville, TN)

A picture taken few hours before we honored the life of a brave, Godly veteran. (07/06/2019, Knoxville, TN)

Another tree photo of Elizabeth. She was visiting Nashville with Mrs. Lindquist. (07/20/2019, Nashville, TN)

Korean food date! The owner of the place recognized us lol. (08/13/2019, Mundelein , IL)

We were taking a walk to the University of Tennessee botanic garden. The garden featured a small Japanese style shrine, which was interesting. Libbi is making face. (10/14/2019, Knoxville, TN)

Our favorite sushi place! Turns out Libbi loves eel. She orders it every time. Also, This day, I lied to Libbi that I wouldn't propose for another few months at least ;). (11/29/2019, Farragut, TN)

Lindquist family and Yong. Little did Libbi know what would be happening four days later... (12/24/2019, Roundlake, IL)

Proposal Shot 1: "Why is she silent? Is she gonna say no?" - Trust me, she did not utter a word for good ten seconds. (12/28/2019, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL)

Proposal Shot 2: The answer was "of course" ;)

Proposal Shot 3: A picture is worth a thousand words :)

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Margaret, Elizabeth, Katlyn: Libbi is very fortunate to have friends who genuinely are happy for her happiness.

My (Yong's) legs were shaking, so I was very glad to sit down. We are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend.

Our rings. They are rich with meanings and symbolism.

Fiancée visits Boston for the third time! She is enjoying her favorite fish, eel :) (02/07/2020, Boston, MA)

We are at the Gardner Museum in Boston. The atrium was filled with natural sunlight. (02/08/2020, Boston, MA)

Yong is busy devouring Tiramisu. We attended a concert after this: Bach's cello suites on violin (02/12/2020, Victoria's Cafe, Boston, MA)

Happy Easter! There is always an upside to a set back. Even if it were COVID-19. (04/12/2020, Roundlake, IL)