Photos

August 2021 engagement photoshoot at Terrapin Nature Park and Beach, Stevensville, Maryland, on Kent Island. Photographer: Chesapeake Charm Photography

Getting out and exploring: Sunday brunch and live music in Old Ellicott City, August 2021

All dressed up for the most lovely wedding in Havre De Grace, Maryland, September 2021

Giving Pete "the cabin experience" at Kerr Lake in Southern Virginia with friends, July 2021

First dance: we were caught dancing alone in the living room at Nicole's mom's house. I think it was to Brown Eyed Girl. Timonium, Maryland, October 2020.

Hard Yacht Café, Dundalk, Maryland, July 2020. A much-needed Covid-safe outdoor outing with Pete's sister, Kali, and brother-in-law, Nick.

First selfie together, on our second date in Nicole's neighborhood, Canton, in Baltimore, Maryland. December 2019

Witches and Army guys, Halloween 2020, at Pete's house in Woodstock, Maryland. Instead of heavy-duty trick-or-treating, we improvised with a more Covid-safe family Halloween gathering for the kids.

Pandemic plane ride, September 2020. Terrifying, but it was time for Pete to meet Nicole's dad and stepmother!

View of lovely Fells Point from Barcocina, August 2021

Our first holiday together: Greek Easter, April 2020, at Rhoula's house (Pete's sister) in Kingsville, Maryland.

The first trip to Naples, Florida to meet more of Nicole's family. Photo taken at Bayleen's, September 2020

Pete's pandemic birthday party, celebrating his 50th. July, 2020, Woodstock, Maryland

Enjoying our engagement photoshoot/date night, Stevensville, Maryland, August 2021. Photographer: Chesapeake Charm Photography.

Dating during a pandemic. Lots of selfies at home. March 2020, Woodstock, Maryland.

The first meeting of the families, March 2020, Kingsville, Maryland.

Warming up in a sparsely populated Irish pub in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, February 2021

First trip together, visiting Nicole's friends in Colorado. Pic taken in Rocky Mountain National Park, the day the country shut down—March 15, 2020. We scrambled to get a flight home early.

First family photo, July 2020 in Woodstock, Maryland

The first meeting of some of Nicole's friends at La Scala in Little Italy, Baltimore, February 2020. "Operation Meet Pete" began when quite a few friends could not make it and the pandemic set in.

First birthday together—Nicole's. Why was he hiding behind my hair? Not sure, but he seems to do it a lot! February 2020

Right after he proposed! Camelback Resort, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, February 14, 2021