Our story began one New Years Eve at our friend John’s house back in 2016. As we rang in the New Year we both knew that there was something special about one another. We had our first date that following week at Horsefeathers in TarryTown and before we knew it we were having midweek dinners and our weekends were filled with adventures. Flash forward about a year later, we made the decision to start looking for our first apartment together. Living together was a learning curve for sure but we quickly learned how to manage Ryan’s work schedule and my academic studies. Our first apartment allowed us to create our own traditions. One in specific is our annual Halloween party, which happens to be our favorite holiday. For a while it was just Ryan, me and our little pup cheetah. We knew we needed something more so we adopted another pup, Murphy. After 5 years in Connecticut we moved back to New York to start the next chapter. Living closer to our families was always very important to us as we are very family oriented. With both of us steady in our careers life was progressing exactly how we imagined. At the end of the summer of 2024 Ryan had planned for us to go to the renaissance fair, which is something we had done in the past and enjoyed so much. What I thought was a normal Saturday afternoon quickly turned into another memorable day. In front of hundreds of people, Ryan got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. With “huzzahs” from all those around us, we got to start a new chapter as fiancés. The next part of the story is still being written so stay tuned!