
This photo was taken on our first date. We drove to this lookout point east of Pamplona, then back to Pamplona and had dinner together at a Spanish restaurant in the city. December 28, 2020

This is technically our first photo ever together. We took a group trip to the Pyrenees Mountains with Mary's three roommates, and Lo on the far right, who is our mutual friend that introduced us. Taken February 6, 2021

Mary's first trip to Andalucía, Spain (the autonomous community of Spain where Miguel is from) in April 2021. He moved back here a couple weeks after this photo to start his career as a firefighter.

Miguel surprised Mary with a trip to the Caminito del Rey in Andalucía. May 2021

One of many picnics in the park in Madrid with Riggins. This is where Mary lived her second year in Spain, still teaching English, and Miguel was living in his hometown of Lucena, in the south of Spain, working as a firefighter. Taken in November 2021

Miguel's first trip to the USA in December 2021. Exploring UNC Charlotte, Mary's college campus.

Rockefeller Center just after New Year, and Miguel's first time visiting New York (he LOVED it). Taken January 2022

Winter trip to Budapest, Hungary. March 2022

Trip to Istanbul, Turkey to visit Miguel's friend. April 2022

The annual running of the bulls, or Festival of San Fermín, in Pamplona, the city where we met. This was also the first Festival of San Fermín after covid. July 2022

Mary "proposed" to Miguel to be her pareja de hecho, a process we decided to start so Mary could legally live and work in Spain. November 6, 2022

The day we did pareja de hecho (similar to a civil union). This happened to be the same date as our first date 2 years prior. December 28, 2022.

The day Mary got her Spanish residency card. May 8, 2023

Dinner in Cabra with Miguel's brother, Guille, and his now fiancée, Ainhoa. August 2023

Hiking trip in Cazorla with Riggins. August 2023

Trip to Tenerife, Spain in Tiede National Park. December 2023

Miguel's first time in California. August 2024

At Meghan's wedding💕
November 9, 2024

Christmas in Wrocław, Poland to see the Christmas markets. December 2024

The skydiving proposal💍
May 16, 2025

Engagement photoshoot 💚 taken August 2025