We first met in May, 2022 at a Bible study at our college, Creighton University. After a summer of phone calls, our first date was watching the sunset on the patio of Calista's dorm room!

During the summer of 2023, we had the opportunity to visit Ben's hometown of Munster, Indiana!

After Indiana, we flew to visit Calista's hometown of Seattle, Washington for the first time!

Ben graduated from Creighton University with a Bachelors Degree in Business Management!

Ben planned a "weekend of the South" where we visited Chattanooga, TN followed by Nashville, TN and Louisville, KT. Ben proposed on a beautiful mountain lookout in Chattanooga.

After many months of long distance, we re-united in Hawaii, as Calista spent time with her family and Ben began his moving process.

We celebrated our engagement with an engagement party celebrating with Calista's side of the family!