We met on Bumble, a dating app, and went on our first two dates, lunch and a walk on the Trinity River! We enjoyed learning about each other’s passions and bonded over Woodshed’s questionable taste in live musicians.
Harrison asked Connie to be his girlfriend! Later, he met Connie’s friends, Kelsey and Morgan at a TCU basketball game that same day.
Our first time of many Texas two-stepping together!
After Connie asked Harrison to be her date to medical school prom, he responded with a proper prom-posal!
Medical School Prom was Harrison’s first introduction to the exciting and chaotic world of medical school.
Harrison took Connie to the Fort Worth Symphony to enjoy a John Williams tribute concert for her birthday, the first of many live music performances for the two.
Connie takes Harrison to a TCU baseball game at the Texas Rangers stadium. Go frogs!!
We go on a picnic for Easter Sunday at the Fort Worth Botanical Garden (this is an important location for later) ;)
Harrison and Connie go to College Station for a Texas A&M baseball game, and he takes her flying for the first time!
Harrison and Connie travel to Austin and the Texas hill county and meet the parents for the first time!
We visited Harrison’s family in San Antonio for Memorial Day Weekend!
Harrison and Connie go to a Midland concert at Billy Bob’s, the world’s largest honky tonk, located in Fort Worth.
We visited Connie’s family in Chicago for the 4th of July and got Harrison, a St. Louis Cardinals fan, to watch a Cubs win at Wrigley Field.
Tina and Daniel come to visit Connie and Harrison in Texas, capping off their visit with the Grapevine Wine Festival.
Harrison takes Connie to an Texas A&M Aggie football game, and they walk under the Century Tree, a tradition at A&M which symbolizes a couple will be together for a century!
Other highlights from the fall include the Fort Worth Oktoberfest, seeing the composer Hans Zimmer live in concert, and Harrison’s enthusiastic back to back first Greek Fests!
Christmas time at the Hotel Drover in the Fort Worth Stockyards!
In Harrison’s rookie season, he beat the rest of the Linardos/Fritz cousins in our annual Lego contest!
We visit Harrison’s family in San Antonio, go to a Christmas Grinch Ice Carving display, and go flying again!
Springtime in Texas meant many bike rides and seeing Hadestown and Back to the Future on Broadway!
Harrison proposes to Connie at the Fort Worth Botanical Garden, the same place he realized he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Obviously, she said yes!!