Kristen and Mark first met at an EY training event in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 24, 2019. Their actual first date happened 6 months later and the pandemic turned their dinner date into a walk in Holliday Park!

After walking in almost every park they could find, Kristen and Mark decided to start playing tennis. Their first tennis date was at a neighborhood tennis court.

Kristen and Mark's first camping trip was in Brown County State Park. They enjoyed long hikes and s'mores before the raccoons and bees joined their campsite!

Kristen and Mark celebrated their first New Year's Eve together!

Kristen and Mark's first Purdue Football game together! Go Boilers!

Kristen and Mark's first ski trip in Vail, Colorado! It was also Kristen's first attempt at skiing ever!

Kristen and Mark adopted their first rescue dog, Poppy!

Kristen and Mark went on their first trip to Walt Disney World, complete with matching t-shirts for the parks!

Kristen and Mark on their first trip to Southern California together!

Mark decorated the court with Christmas lights where they first played tennis during the pandemic and proposed to Kristen!

Kristen and Mark traveled to London, England for their first international trip together!

Kristen and Mark completed their first 500 Festival Mini Marathon together!

Kristen and Mark took Poppy to her first Purdue Football game tailgate party! She also got to tour the campus!