Kenny and Shannon's love story begins on a boat in Long Island in the summer of 2018. Kenny and Shannon were invited to join a group of friends on a boat. Kenny was excited. He crossed paths with Shannon a number of times over the years, but he never really had a chance to shoot his shot. Much to Kenny's dismay, while on his way to meet the group in Long Island, his friend told him that Shannon was bringing a date on the boat. Kenny, wearing a bathing suit and flip flops on the subway, would not be deterred. He met the group on the boat, and took his chance to make a good first impression. In typical Kenny fashion, he spent most of the 5 hour boat ride cracking jokes and telling stories in between beverages. He noticed out of the corner of his eye, Shannon’s beautiful smile and unmistakable laugh following along with every story. A few months went by and Kenny and Shannon’s paths crossed again. Shannon acquired Kenny’s phone number from a friend and slid into his text messages. From there they shared some back and forth banter, with Kenny eventually asking Shannon to go out on a date. Kenny suggested Monday, September 10th, they would go to Hillstone, a restaurant in the city. Kenny was nervous and excited going to meet Shannon at Penn Station. There was something about this date that felt different. When Kenny saw Shannon walking from the train platform, he describes feeling like time started moving in slow motion. He was lovestruck from that moment on. Kenny and Shannon made it to the restaurant and dinner turned into a 6 hour marathon filled with a lot stories, a lot of drinks, and even more laughs. After dinner, they weren’t ready to turn in, and headed to another bar where they stayed until closing. Kenny waited with Shannon for her train, and he asked her on a second date, with this time Kenny making the trip to Lynbrook. Shannon, tired and confused, agreed to the second date. Every date was better than the next. The more Kenny got to know Shannon, the more he fell in love with her. Every time she smiled, a switch flipped Date night in the city, turned into date night in Lynbrook, turned into an afternoon spent together at Long Beach, turned into a yankee game, meeting each others family, meeting each others friends. They were inseparable. From Riverdale and Lynbrook to Nashville to Brooklyn to California they’ve loved each other from one side of the country to the other and all the way back again. Finally, on December 8, 2024, Kenny got down on one knee, and asked Shannon to spend the rest of her life with him, and he promised to never stop making her smile.