Sean and Jessica met during their freshman year of high school and it definitely was not love at first site! Per the normal ‘alphabetical’ seating chart used by most Allen Park teachers, Sean sat directly in front of Jessica in health class. Sean quickly learned that Jess was VERY particular about how her papers were handed back to her during class. Even the slightest wrinkle was ‘unacceptable’ so Sean would purposely wrinkle or tear them just to drive Jess nuts.

It took a while, but eventually, Sean’s torture won Jess over. They started to hang out in the morning before classes and realized they really enjoyed each others company. During the summer of 2014, Sean officially asked Jess to be his girlfriend, and of course she said "yes!" They went to three Homecoming Dances and one Senior Prom together during their time in High School. They always enjoyed getting dressed up and spending the evening dancing. They supported each other through many classes (especially Mr. Banick’s World History class), spent many Friday nights under the lights at the football stadium, and went to each other’s sporting events to cheer one another on. At some point, they even started sharing a locker together to get to spend more time with one another (those 5-minute transitions between classes were very important!). At the end of their Senior year, they got to celebrate graduation together as they officially embarked on the life that was to come after high school!

Right after High School, they both moved away and attended Eastern Michigan University to pursue their Bachelor degrees. Although they were faced with a “COVID graduation," they both got to walk across a makeshift back yard stage and celebrate yet another graduation together in December of 2020.

Jessica had always planned to attend Physician Assistant (PA) school and accepted the opportunity to attend Wayne State University to continue her education. Sean also attended WSU to pursue his MBA. Before long, a third joint graduation was in the works and they both officially walked across the stage together in May 2023 (this time it was actually a real stage!).

To make 2023 even more special, Sean somehow managed to surprise Jessica by proposing at Blake’s Cider Mill during the Sunflower Festival. There’s not many times that Jessica isn’t “in the know”, but this time, Sean managed to keep it a surprise.

Sean and Jess both really value time with family, so they spend much of their free time enjoying family game nights, family dinners, weekend trips to Frankenmuth, and long weekends at the family lake house whenever possible. Continuing annual traditions of attending the Thanksgiving Day Parade and having brunch with Santa are also high on the list.

Even though education was a major focus for the past ten years, they did also find time to do some traveling along the way. They managed to take some trips to California/Vegas, Chicago, Alabama, Smoky Mountains, and Disney World. While all their trips have been good, a favorite trip of theirs was taking a cruise to the Bahamas. Once they settle down from all the hoop-lah of the wedding, they look forward to traveling some more.

Sean and Jess will be celebrating their 10-year anniversary together on 8/24/2024, just 14 days after their next milestone – the wedding on 8/10/24. One decade down, many more to go!

Travel

Travel coming soon!