Gallery

The beginning: Boating to Beaufort, NC the day after we met. June 2016

My first taste of the Maryland lifestyle: crabbing and fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. October 2016

Decorating our first Christmas tree in Baltimore, MD. November 2016

My first Eggnog event, a wonderful tradition where Charles' family makes gallons of eggnog for the holidays to gift and enjoy. Rehobeth Beach, DE- December 2016

Charles visiting me in college in Chapel Hill, NC. January 2017

Training for beach patrol in Chapel Hill, NC- February 2017. Swimming is still one of our favorite hobbies we do together.

A night out on the Wild West coast of PR. Not sure we came out of bathing suits or even showered on this trip. It was college spring break style for sure. Rincon, PR- March 2017

Charles took me and my sister off-shore fishing for the first time in Puerto Rico. Low quality pic. High quality time. Rincon, PR- March 2017

Picking crabs with Charles' parents in OCMD. May 2017

This was the day we finished the week long training of academy. I was exhausted and hungry, but so happy to be done with that "hell week." We spent the summer together on Beach Patrol in OCMD. May 2017

Ocean City Beach Patrol rookie graduation. Summer 2017

My college graduation in Chapel Hill, NC. May 2018

Crabbing together on the eastern shore with groomsmen Ty and his now wife, Kendall. Kent Island, MD- September 2018

Surprise we are back together! What better way to celebrate than grapefruit crushes at Haborside in Ocean City, Maryland. February 2022

NC State graduation for our girl, June, in Raleigh, NC. May 2022

Charles drove 10 hours to see me in the western NC mountains. I drug him white-water rafting when he had COVID. (We didn't know at the time, but looking back he sure was pale.) Sylva, NC- May 2022

SEAMIST! Our favorite place. Our home away from home. OCMD- July 2022

Charles visiting me at another dental school rotation (7 hour commute). Holden Beach, NC- August 2022

Celebrating our sweet friend's (Lauren- bridesmaid) wedding together in Wilson, NC. October 2022

I wasn't lying when I said he travelled by tug boat to see me. Meeting up in Norfolk, VA when I was living in Elizabeth City, NC for school. October 2022

The Starboard, Dewey Beach, DE- November 2022

Another tug boat visit! I would leave clinic at 5pm in Elizabeth City, NC and meet Charles for a quick dinner at a port in Norfolk, VA. November 2022

Learning to play KENO. another day, another dock bar. Ocean City, MD- December 2022

Celebrating Charles' swearing in as a docking pilot in Manhattan, NYC. February 2023

House hunting in Baltimore, MD. March 2023

We survived the final D4 year of crazy traveling and boards' breakdowns! Dental school celebrations in Greenville, NC. May 2023

On the way to dinner on the day we got engaged in Baltimore, MD. June 2023

Celebrating our engagement with my parents in OCMD. July 2023

Finally we have a home base TOGETHER in Baltimore, MD. July 2023