"Is this a date or a friend date?" // We had our first date at Lulu's in Allston after Ezra overthought Gretchen's question for way too long. (We were both nervous, okay!)
January 16, 2019
Our first trip to the Montague Bookmill (A special place for us and a frequent date-day excursion)
March 17, 2019
Our first trip together - to a tiny house in Epsom, New Hampshire!
May 03, 2019
We spent most of our early relationship as grad students at BU
May 10, 2019
Matching at the BU School of Theology "Prom"
May 17, 2019
Gretchen graduated with her Masters of Social Work from Boston University School of Social Work!
June 10, 2019
Our first Boston Pride! (Ezra embroidered these t-shirts: "Queer Theologians for LGBTQ+ Liberation")
July 22, 2019
We went to New York City together
October 09, 2019
We celebrated one year together at the Topsfield Fair
November 14, 2019
Going to Disney with friends in BU Admissions was a dream!
November 29, 2019
Ezra's first Thanksgiving with the Brown family in North Carolina
March 30, 2020
We spent the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic quarantining together in Gretchen's Allston apartment
May 16, 2020
Gretchen graduated with her Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology!
August 01, 2020
Even though we quarantined together through Covid-19, we officially moved into our first apartment together in Beverly, MA
December 24, 2020
Gretchen's first Christmas Eve with the Benn family
May 16, 2021
Ezra graduated with their Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology!
July 21, 2021
A week in Myrtle Beach with the Browns has become a yearly tradition!
October 29, 2021
Friends gathered for a quiet weekend in North Adams, MA to celebrate Gretchen's 30th birthday (and to meet some friendly goats)
November 27, 2021
Gretchen surprised Ezra with a family photo shoot that turned into a proposal - captured by our talented friends, Jamie and Susi
December 03, 2021
Ezra proposed to Gretchen in front of the bench where they met for the first time with the help of more people we love
October 09, 2022
We celebrated three years together with a chilly day trip to York, Maine
June 12, 2023
We moved to a one bedroom apartment in Brighton, MA!
July 22, 2023
Laughing down the street in LA together
August 01, 2023
We drove to the Grand Canyon from LA with Ezra's family
October 10, 2023
We shared so many laughs on our joint Bachelorette Trip to Montreal
January 16, 2025
We can't wait to take many more photos, trips, and memories with each other and the people we love <3
Photo by Ashley Green Photography