On this day, in 2015, we started dating in Hamburg, Germany

Later, we moved to Rochester, NY for university ...

and picked up a furry friend (Ganon) along the way

New York has some fantastic trails!

We took a few road trips to California ...

Seeing some beautiful parts of America on the way

Made some fish-lips at the fishes

We transferred schools, moving into a tiny apartment in Canton, NY ...

Where another furry friend (Midna) joined the party

Winters up north were rough, but beautiful in their own way

On the tail end of the pandemic, we rented a cabin at Cole's childhood camp.

Where we got back out on the water!

We climbed Mt. Azure! No word on the other 46 peaks ...

A trip to Ireland took us both back to Europe for the first time in years

It was truly an adventure ...

and we loved every moment of it

Back in America, we took time to stop at all the silly sights

Tried living in California for a little while ...

and managed to (almost) make it to the Hollywood sign

We tried on some very flattering outfits ...

and paid the price for cultural appropriation

Rochester welcomed us back with open arms

Our first music festival was a blast!

As was our first blizzard, snowed-in in Pennsylvania

Christmas markets in the U.S. aren't quite as exciting as their German counterparts, but we had a great time nonetheless

On our tenth relationship-anniversary, we decided (finally) to make things official and start planning this wedding!