This picture is of the first time Sofia & Pierce ever met each other interning for Keith Perry's campaign for Florida State Senate!
September 17, 2018
This is the cookie cake that Pierce used as an excuse to hang out with Sofia more, claiming he stayed late because he loved cookie cake. Sofia learned a year later that he hated cookie cake.
September 19, 2018
For our first date, we got ice cream at The Gelato Company (which is unfortunately now closed). Pierce immediately asked Sofia to go out again the following day!
October 15, 2018
We officially became girlfriend and boyfriend when Pierce took Sofia to Embers for a nice dinner.
March 16, 2019
Only months after becoming a couple, Sofia moved to Berlin, Germany for the spring semester. Pierce came to visit her with his mom and sister during her spring break. Sofia gave them a tour of Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna!
June 25, 2019
Pierce visited Colombia with Sofia's family for the first time. We visited various cities/towns during this trip. This was Pierce's first ever 2-week trip, a light version of Varon summer vacations (which can average 2-5 weeks).
September 16, 2019
Celebrating Pierce's birthday with some zip lining!
March 04, 2020
This is a memory of our first spring break trip to Beaver Creek, CO. We had so much fun snow tubing, enjoying hot chocolate, and dog sledding!
May 09, 2020
We both graduated from the University of Florida in 2020. We weren't able to attend our graduation but we took some pictures to celebrate!
October 03, 2020
We attended our first family wedding together. This was also our first big gather since COVID.
February 26, 2022
One of our favorite things to do together is find fun activities like mini golf or bowling.
June 14, 2022
We checked off one of Pierce's bucket list items when we saw Coldplay play live at Raymond James Stadium.
August 18, 2022
This picture was taken in Cartagena during Pierce's second trip to Colombia. It was during this trip that he figured out where he would be proposing almost a year later.
December 20, 2022
We visited Beaver Creek, Colorado with Pierce's family for the holidays. It was great to be there with everyone in a place that is so special to Pierce.
January 28, 2023
After a year of living in the Tampa area, Pierce finally went to his first ever Gasparilla.
March 14, 2023
This picture was taken mere moments before Pierce proposed. He was very upset because another person also proposed in front of us minutes prior to him.