We are so excited to welcome our out-of-town family and friends to San Diego and to celebrate with the friends we've made in our new home!
We are so excited to welcome our out-of-town family and friends to San Diego and to celebrate with the friends we've made in our new home!
We both were living in New York City and met on Facebook Dating (yes! Facebook has dating, are you surprised?? lol). Manita told Sean in her profile that she only speaks ASL (American Sign Language) because she is deaf. Sean loves learning new languages and asked how he could learn ASL. Sean learned about 50 words and the alphabet to prepare for our first date a couple months later and January 9, 2021 we finally met in person!
Above is the first picture we ever took together on a chilly January day. We met for our first date in Central Park NYC and it was fun, smiles, and laughter and some writing on a notepad. We found a lot to talk about and a shared love of the movies, so we went to see one that same night!
We both really enjoy watching sports as well, and took in a few basketball games in New York area, including being some of the only Iowa Hawkeye fans in a hostile Rutgers basketball arena (this pic is at Barclays Center for the ACC Basketball Tournament)!
After moving in together in New York City, we decided it was time for some new scenery and warmer year-round weather, so we made the decision to move to San Diego, California. We took an epic road trip to get to our new home, stopping to see friends and sights along the way.