Amanda & Adam met fall of 2018, first semester sophomore year at Purdue! They met at a Christmas party at the house next door to where Adam would eventually live senior year. As seen on the "Photos" tab, Amanda was wearing a red Christmas Jumper & Adam an ugly Christmas sweater! The rest of sophomore year was filled with sorority & fraternity formals and falling in love :)

Their first summer together started with Adam's first visit to Amanda's home, Chicago! Internships & long distance followed - Adam in Phoenix, AZ & Amanda in Saginaw, MI. They were lucky to be able to each visit each other - exploring the gardens of Michigan & hiking around Phoenix & Sedona!

First semester junior year was filled with Amanda's first visit to Cincinnati, Purdue Football, barn dances, PUDM (featuring Amanda's pink wig)... and an unexpected eye surgery for Adam! Luckily all was okay & Amanda got to visit him while he recovered!

First Thanksgiving together 2019! Pie responsibility was taken seriously! Followed by Adam's first Christmas in Chicago :)

Second semester junior year was cut short due to COVID - but Adam & Amanda still got to go to their first concert together (AJR), celebrate Amanda turning 21, and spend the last couple days before lockdown in Gatlinburg, TN for spring break!

Summer 2020 was Adam's first time living in Minneapolis while Amanda was completing research at Purdue. They filled the summer with visits & ended it with Amanda's first Cameron vacation to Captiva, FL!

Senior year was definitely not what they expected due to COVID - but they made the best of it with trips to the Indiana Dunes, a ski trip to Boyne with best friends & multiple hangouts at Odette's apartment! Those included a Ross & Rachel Halloween and Amanda's surprise 22nd Taylor Swift themed birthday party! Adam & Odette really went all out for this, including a custom evermore cake (Amanda's 2nd favorite Taylor album), and it is something Amanda cherishes greatly :)

The One Where They Graduate!

First year post-grad was long distance - Adam back in Minneapolis & Amanda in Chicago. They made multiple trips to visit each other, filled with embracing the Minneapolis cold, visiting Duluth, concerts & musicals, a trip back home for Purdue Football, and Cameron family vacays in Captiva & Michigan. They also made trips to visit friends in Washington D.C. & Lake Placid, NY!

Adam was able relocate to Chicago (thankful for companies who prioritize family!), so Adam & Amanda moved in together fall 2022! The following year was a fun & challenging one, filled with lots of memories & trips to the city & Austin, TX, while also taking care of Amanda's mom who was very sick. Adam was Amanda's rock, and they grew even closer with her mom through the trenches <3

Amanda's mom received the greatest blessing May 3rd, 2023 - a liver transplant from her college best friend, who we call Aunt Katie! The Wienermobile oddly became the symbol of these couple weeks as it was parked outside Northwestern hospital! Again, Adam was incredible in helping Amanda take care of her mom through recovery - organizing her plethora of meds, changing bandages, carrying her walker, and more! "You need to marry that man!" - Aunt Katie to Amanda in the hospital :)

With a more time for themselves now that Amanda's mom was healthy, they went to many more concerts (their favorite pass time!) family vacations to Breckinridge & Anna Maria, FL, enjoying the outdoors, & the Nutcracker!

On June 22nd 2024, Adam convinced Amanda they were going downtown for dinner with some coworkers. On the way to the supposed restaurant walking along the Chicago riverwalk, Adam pulled Amanda aside and asked her to marry him. And of course she said YES!!! Well, after she went quiet and started shaking out of pure shock, Adam may or may not have had to shake Amanda out of the surprise to get her to say something haha! Adam took her on a boat ride on the river afterwards in a pink Cadillac-inspired boat named Pricilla! They finished celebrating with a nice seafood dinner, calling family, & cuddling Pita <3

They celebrated their engagement with a trip to Greece with best friends, and a Cubs game with Amanda's brother Mikey who got them custom jerseys with their date & engagement location!

Suddenly & tragically, Amanda's mom fell ill & passed away November 20th, 2024. That Wednesday morning in the hospital, after being told by the doctors Amanda's mom wasn't going to make it, Adam saw through the tears and asked Amanda to marry him in the hospital. He knew exactly what could bring peace in the midst of chaos & tragedy, the ability for Amanda to hold her mom's hand while they said their vows.

With family & friends on FaceTime & in the ICU room, the hospital Chaplain married us the morning of November 20th, 2024. Amanda's wedding band is her mom's ring with all 4 kids birthstones, which we ended up adding a pink tourmaline, October's birthstone, to for Adam. Adam's wedding band is a sapphire & diamond ring Amanda had made out of a necklace her mom had gifted her as a thank you for taking care of her through her health battle in 2023. To know Amanda's mom got to be a part of our day & story, while not in the way imagined, brings us peace & joy we have held onto during this time.

We are extremely grateful & blessed for the community that has surrounded us. There is heaviness and lightness in this time, and a light is knowing we get to celebrate our marriage with all our closest people in August!