We went on a date in Rochester, and when we came back home, we decided to take our first photo together in front of Koko's apartment, which is now our apartment.

Our first Valentine's Day was filled with lots of love and yummy food at the steakhouse! Oh, we cannot forget to mention that there was a snowstorm on the way home...

Our first mini vacation together!

We spent our spring break at Vinny's parents' cabin. Even though it was spring break, we both had to work and study :(

Vinny and his family came to see Koko's hula performance at the international nights at Winona State University!

Vinny and Koko went to see the cherry blossoms to feel a little bit of Japan in Winona!!

First Northern Lights together! I guess being in the cold state has its perks as well... it was beautiful!

Vinny took Koko to Stillwater, MN! We walked around and had yummy ice cream before Koko had to go back home for the summer.

Koko came back from Japan !! Vinny and Koko took a little vacay at vinny's family's cabin !

Vinny and Koko took a road trip to Koko's dream place to visit, the Grand Canyon! We stopped at a couple of places on the way and on the way back, but the highlight of the trip was definitely the Grand Canyon! We'll definitely be back there again!

First Minnesota State Fair together!

We went to the apple orchard and stopped by this cute little pumpkin patch nearby! Koko had difficult time holding the big pumpkin haha !

We had our very first wedding date in October 2024 ! We dressed up and celebrated Koko's college friend :)

We had our first couple photoshoot together in Winona ! We were surrounded by beautiful fall colors.

We celebrated our first Thanksgiving together with Vinny's family. We both were very full at the end of the day. :) Koko's favorite Thanksgiving dishes are turkey and cranberry sauce. Vinny's favorites are stuffing and green bean casserole.

Christmas PJs 2024 !

Koko had her own tradition of wearing different PJs every Christmas, so Vinny joined that tradition ! Here was 2024 PJs !

We went to Japan in the winter of 2024 to celebrate Christmas and the Japanese New Year (お正月) and to see Koko's family in Japan.

We booked a hotel at Disney Sea in Tokyo to celebrate Christmas!

We spent the whole day at Disney Sea. We ate a lot of good food, went on a lot of fun rides, and enjoyed a performance at the end of the day. It was Vinny's first time at any Disney Resort too!

We celebrated Christmas at Koko's families house. We ate sushi and hung out with her family!

We celebrated our first anniversary in Japan. We ate at a fancy restaurant and enjoyed a delicious meal!

Vinny and his family came to see Koko's hula performance again at Winona State Univeristy!

We had our second wedding date in May 2025! We celebrated Koko's best friend and Koko was a bridesmaid too!

June 20th, 2025. A day that will never be forgotten. Koko was very emotional and Vinny nervous lol.

We had our future wedding photographer there during the proposal and did a mini photoshoot after to celebrate this moment!

August 2nd, 2025. We officially got married(to work on green card application) and celebrated with friends and family in Winona!

Although we were already married, we wanted to go through the whole wedding process so we had an engagement party with friends and family!

We took a trip to Duluth in the fall to see the fall leaves at Lutsen!

We had another fall photoshoot with our wedding photographer!

We took a early Christmas trip to Chicago! We ate a lot of good food, saw Home Alone at the Symphony Orchestra, and did a lot of shopping!