We met on May 10th of 2022, while Andrea was living in Conroe, and Drew was living in Sugar Land.

A few months later Andrea moved to League City after starting PT school, and we spent almost a year driving an hour to visit each other. During this time Drew got to meet Andrea's extended family at her older brother's wedding in November of 2022. Drew's flight was cancelled to that wedding, but he drove all the way from Houston to Dallas to catch a flight to Pennsylvania.

In August of 2023, Andrea moved back to Houston. Around this time is when Drew started coming to Mass every Sunday, and now he is starting RCIA at our parish.

After two years of dating, Drew proposed on May 24th, 2024 at the lake near Andrea's parents house.

Later that summer in August, we were able to travel to China and Andrea met all of Drew's extended family and friends. It was the first time Drew had been back to China since 2019. We enjoy road trips and traveling to new places and trying new foods. We have been to San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, New Orleans, and D.C. together!

Now, Andrea is continuing her 3rd and final year of PT school, with plans to graduate in May of 2025 and take the board licensure exam in July. Drew is continuing to work for Arize AI as a DevOps software engineer.

We are so excited to start this next chapter of our lives together!