Carissa & Thomas met in 2019 through a young professionals networking event at Charmard Winery. After using Carissa's business card to call her at work, Carissa immediately sent Thomas to voicemail. She decided to give him a call back where they made plans for a first date at J Gilberts. A few glasses of wine, many laughs and smiles later and the rest was history! Carissa & Thomas went on their first trip to Florida together in April 2022, where they took a surprise private boat ride at the Floridian Hotel to see Magic Kingdom's fireworks. Carissa never suspected a proposal since her family wasn't there to celebrate with them. To her surprise the beautiful proposal happened during the finale of the fireworks! To an even bigger surprise, her whole family was there to meet them after for celebrations and enjoy a vacation together with the Kelly & Riccio families. A trip we'll never forget! Throughout the years we have experienced many exciting moments - introducing our friends and families, many vacations and weekend trips, buying our first home in Cromwell, more house projects than we can count and the most special engagement. We are looking forward to this next step in our lives together becoming The Kelly's! We cant wait to celebrate and share our special day with all of our favorite people!