Emily & Will
April 27, 2024 • Elburn, IL
Emily & Will
April 27, 2024 • Elburn, IL
Our Story
Colleen Marie Dunn & Jim Mitchell Wisniewski
May 22, 1976
Jim Wisniewski & Colleen Dunn on their honeymoon after eloping
December 25, 1982
August 15, 1997
Valerie Ann Sheets & Paul Richard Litten
December 20, 1983
Valerie Ann Sheets & Paul Richard Litten II married after meeting at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL
May 15, 1986
August 30, 2000
Our Childhoods
May 23, 1992
Will Lawson Wisniewski born in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
August 30, 1992
Emily Rose Litten born in Valparaiso, Indiana
May 01, 1993
August 01, 1993
March 01, 1994
April 01, 1994
May 01, 1994
May 02, 1994
May 03, 1994
August 01, 1994
November 01, 1994
April 01, 1995
June 01, 1995
June 01, 1995
June 02, 1995
January 01, 1996
April 01, 1996
May 01, 1996
October 31, 1996
November 28, 1996
December 24, 1996
May 01, 1997
May 02, 1997
May 02, 1997
June 01, 1997
July 01, 1997
August 30, 1997
September 01, 1997
September 01, 1997
April 01, 1998
July 01, 1998
September 01, 1998
September 02, 1998
December 24, 1998
December 25, 1998
July 01, 2000
July 01, 2000
How We Met
August 01, 2011
Will moves to Chicago with friends to perform music and find work
August 15, 2011
Emily moves to Chicago to attend UIC
February 14, 2014
Will was working at Starbucks on Taylor St and Emily lived right around the corner...
April 01, 2014
Emily was visiting for free WiFi, but Will had other ideas in mind
+ wills phone number note
April 19, 2014
Our first date - Will's band plays in Pilsen at Grandpa Bay
April 27, 2014
Our first 'selfie' outside of the Starbucks where we met
10 years together
May 01, 2014
flowers from Will on his way to work
May 05, 2014
Will helps Emily with sound for a school project
August 01, 2014
Will goes on the Besties to the Westies tour
October 31, 2014
Our first Halloween together
November 27, 2014
Waiting for the blue line train in the snow
February 14, 2015
We found a lost puppy wandering the streets on a cold Valentine's night....
March 14, 2015
Emily took him home and named him 'Yak'
March 19, 2015
Emily's new study buddy in her final year of UIC
April 01, 2015
Will attends design events with Emily & UIC friends/classmates
April 07, 2015
Yakky
May 07, 2015
Emily graduates summa cum laude from UIC with a Bachelor of Design degree
May 23, 2015
Will gets a taste of Emily's favorite childhood Alpaca farm in Charlottesville, IN
July 06, 2015
Seeing Rodrigo & Brian Wilson live at Ravinia
July 21, 2015
On the roof of Emily's new apartment building after painting
July 31, 2015
Emily is struck in a hit and run....
August 20, 2015
September 01, 2015
....Will never left Emily's side
September 01, 2015
Healing with the help of the pups
September 27, 2015
November 01, 2015
January 01, 2016
Creating new traditions with Miles & Sheila
May 07, 2016
Just 2 brothers hanging out
July 05, 2016
Will in New Orleans, visiting with Emiy's family
July 08, 2016
July 29, 2016
October 29, 2016
On our way to Indiana for cousin Zarah & Sam's wedding
November 26, 2016
Lander performs at Schuba's
March 09, 2017
May 14, 2017
Celebrating Robert & Leah's wedding in Canada
May 17, 2017
Visiting Niagra Falls & Toronto, Canada
November 01, 2017
Walking around Pilsen, Chicago
December 10, 2017
Learning to walk, visiting the Milwuakee Museum of Art
December 25, 2017
March 16, 2018
Final surgery is complete
May 28, 2018
A trip to Oklahoma for Evan & Anissa's wedding
June 28, 2018
We formed a Civil Union at the Chicago Courthouse....for love, but also for insurance
August 30, 2018
Will enrolls to study at the School of the Art Institute to pursue his Bachelor's degree
September 09, 2018
November 10, 2018
Celebrating Miles & Sheila's wedding
December 31, 2018
NYE at Miles & Sheila's
June 25, 2019
Spending time in Central Park NYC
June 28, 2019
July 13, 2019
Oshawa, Canada for cousins Ethan & Jessie's wedding
October 27, 2019
Visiting San Francisco to celebrate Ben & Amanda's wedding
February 15, 2020
July 20, 2020
August 30, 2020
Taking the Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park
September 09, 2020
Surviving lock-down together....
May 01, 2021
Bear's 11th birthday - we had to say goodbye shortly after
May 24, 2021
Exploring Santa Fe
July 31, 2021
Date night
August 01, 2021
Seeing Mason Jennings in the park
January 09, 2022
Distracting Emily while she preps for her second semester teaching at UIC
February 14, 2022
Happy Yak Day!
March 27, 2022
We adopt Goose!
May 22, 2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Sound
June 20, 2022
Floatie goes on tour
August 01, 2022
Emily attends Boisbuchet in Lessac, France
August 10, 2022
Will proposes
August 14, 2022
We're engaged in Paris!
September 10, 2022
Our niece Tilly is born
October 01, 2022
Seeing Daniel Rossen at Lincoln Hall
October 15, 2022
Just a couple of brothers
November 19, 2022
Seeing Susan Cianni & Sam Prekop at Rockefeller Memorial Church
March 28, 2023
Spending time by Lake Michigan
April 30, 2023
We take some engagement photos with our friend Joe
August 04, 2023
Visiting cousins during a road trip to Texas
August 05, 2023
On our way to celebrate Claudia & Wesley's wedding
August 11, 2023
The last stop returning home from our Texas road trip
September 30, 2023
Visiting an art opening at CvsD
January 15, 2024
We prepare for our wedding!