First trip together - Grand Haven, MI. Her hair is still a mess!
Another summer long-distance (sort-of) to pursue awesome opportunities. They spend weekends together discovering Cleveland and love it!
Spontaneous trip to Pt. Pelee, the most southern point of Canada simply because why not
Next trip together - Chicago!
Always on the lookout for a cool aquarium (this time it was Shedd)
He encourages her to finally get her scuba cert...first dive together is Looe Key, FL
While at OSU, they enjoy cheering on the Bucks
Even if the Shoe is freezing!
She even stood by him in line for 3 hours to get a free hat (there were extras after the game)
Early 2020 they travel out west to see some national parks
And find out they'll be quarantining together for the next year-ish
They enjoy going to the Cheesecake Factory...which happened to be their first date back in October of 2017
She heads back to Cleveland to start her clinical rotations and they explore some more together on the weekends
They regularly travel to Michigan in their dating years for a long-weekend getaway on the lake
He somehow convinces her to go diving in Ohio...even in OCTOBER! It. is. freezing!
They get season passes to the Columbus zoo and go every chance they get.
And were often the only people present during the winter months.
Every fall they keep the tradition of getting lost in Suter's corn maze
They treat themselves to a fancy dinner to celebrate 4 years together...they may never eat that fancy again ;)
They get engaged in April 2022 at the OSU pool, the place where their love story started
They take some time to soak it in and enjoy this part of their lives together
Family photo with their beloved fish...the tank would be bigger if the space allowed
They use every excuse they can to travel...this time it was an engineering research conference
They lucked out and visited Rocky Mountain during a glacier fall which turned the water an awesome turquoise color
At the end of the year, they travel to Barcelona to visit some friends
And she gets to cross off a long-standing bucket list item-La Sagrada Familia!
She finishes her last clinical rotation in Maryland and he visits so they can explore
After 7 long, yet incredible, years at OSU, they finally graduate and are ready to enter their fields
Couldn't have done it without one another
They celebrate entering the next chapter with a trip to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Where he, yet again, convinces her to embark on a crazy scuba diving journey