Our first picture together, on our first "non-Williams" date in Boston!

"Formal" at Mt. Hope in Williamstown the week before graduation

A questionable decision to hike Mount Washington a few weeks after graduation

Traveling together for the first time (to San Francisco)

Visiting each other often to make a long-distance relationship work while Ryan worked in Boston and Sarah went to grad school in New York

Making Irish soda bread together to make the best out of a locked-down St. Patrick's Day

Surviving the doldrums of the pandemic with an impromptu trip to the ocean

Finding out we can hike much farther than we thought at Grand Teton National Park

Our fourth wedding in one year, convincing us to start taking ballroom dance lessons

Stopping in DC on our 3-day road trip together to move Sarah into Atlanta, starting our second stretch of long-distance

Sarah's White Coat Ceremony at the beginning of Medical School

Exploring along the coast of Portugal in a 2-person kayak

Moving into a new apartment in Atlanta!

Caring for foster dogs together, starting with the adorable Sugar Cookie a.k.a. "Cookie Monster" ... (adopt, don't shop!)

Putting our 6 months of dance lessons to use

Getting dinner after engagement ring shopping!

In the middle of a busy month of Sarah studying for a huge exam and Ryan preparing for a conference presentation, the best special occasion for a proposal was our yearly tradition of baking Irish soda bread. Ryan started proposing once it was in the oven!

We're engaged!!

We didn't have to beware the Ides of March - we got to wake up as fiancés!