⚔️ This day was the first time we met during a Xavier-Creighton basketball game we watched in Fenwick Hall. (Xavier won by 2 points for those wondering!)

🤳 This is the first photo we ever took together!

🧀 Tom visits Milwaukee for the first time and of course we end up at a Bucks-Celtics game (a tradition that we continue every season!). Rebecca showed Tom around the city she's from and fed him plenty of deep fried cheese. On this trip, we also went to a Milwaukee Brewers game and saw Les Miserables at the Marcus Performing Arts Center.

⚓️ Rebecca visits Rhode Island for the first time. We went to Castle Hill Inn for drinks on The Lawn. Little did we know at this point that this would end up being where Tom proposed!

🚣‍♂️ While we definitely had many dates before this, we claim this kayaking trip on the Little Miami River in Cincinnati to be our "first date".

👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Xavier graduation day! Rebecca was off to Loyola University-Chicago to purse graduate studies in School Psychology and Tom was off to Indiana University to start his career in college athletics.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rebecca visits England for the first time! Tom showed her all the sights in London and around Hertfordshire where his family is from!

🐺 Tom starts working at UConn and moves back to Rhode Island. This began our year of long-distance dating.

👩‍🎓 Rebecca graduates from Loyola-Chicago with a job as a school psychologist in Providence Public Schools. She moved out to Rhode Island to join Tom in Providence where we live now!

💍 We got engaged! Some of our friends and family were able to surprise Rebecca and celebrate with us for this special occasion. We are looking forward to celebrating with even more of our family and friends who have supported us along this journey!