Kramer's, DC: Our first date at our book store and cafe, we talked for four hours and Steph was so swept up in it, she left her phone at the restaurant. We had known of each other for years but no one thought to match us up! This pic is actually from a later date at Nellie's after a SHAED concert. It's our first couple's picture.

The Anthem, DC: After a Black Keys show

National Portrait Gallery, DC: Seeing an exhibit of women's sufferage

DC: During a holiday party

American University, DC: Steph's graduation

Boston, MA: New Year's Eve shenanigans

Boston, MA: New Year's Eve fireworks

Boston, MA: New Year's Eve fireworks

Cohasset, MA: A walk on the beach

National Cathedral, DC: Prom!

Roanoke, VA: Steph's first time seeing the Mill Mountain Star and view over the valley

Columbia Heights, DC: Hannah Ruth and Steph hunker down for a fun, two-week sleepover. They're married now.

Somewhere in West Virginia: Our first COVID adventure, took a road trip to WV and found this beautiful mosaic mural

Skyline Drive, VA: Another early COVID adventure, driving along the historic Skyline Drive to see the views

Roanoke, VA: Thanksgiving with the Wellons

DC: coping really really well with COVID lockdowns

Provincetown, MA: On a family vacation with the Blacks and Wellons!

Freedom Plaza, DC: Handing out abortion information at a pro-choice rally

Maryland Renaissance Festival: Our favorite place in the world

DC: Steph and Hannah Ruth are officially a Domestic Partnership, for that sweet, sweet insurance

Sixth&I Synagogue, DC: Celebrating Purim as Mama Cass Eliot of the Mamas and the Papas and Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA

Tidal Basin, DC: Would we really be a DC couple if we didn't have pics with the Cherry Blossoms?

Roanoke, VA: Steph proposes to Hannah Ruth at the Mill Mountain Star

Leesville, VA: A beautiful brunch post Nichole and Matt's wedding

Israel Aquarium, Jerusalem: Hannah Ruth proposes to Steph for the first time

DC: The couple who votes together, stays together

National Gallery of Art, DC: Steph and Hannah Ruth officiate their civil marriage in front of the museum's Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain

Colonial Williamsburg, VA: Hannah Ruth proposes during a carriage ride for the second and final time during a trip to one of our favorite places

Falls Church, VA: Celebrating Hannah Ruth's production of Dead Man's Cellphone, which was sold out. Steph made the paper houses in the background, earning her very first theater credit

Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands: On a spectacular tour of Europe with Steph's family

Paris, France: Huddling for warmth on a riverboat tour of the Seine

Paris, France: Our love keeps us warm

Virginia Beach: Steph's first time visiting means goofy lobster visors after three beach days

Cambridge, MA: Celebrating Dan and Katelyn's wedding

The Cloisters Castle, MD: Hannah Ruth and Steph will officially tie the knot with their loved ones. These are their official engagement photos taken by Jackalope Photography in Annapolis, MD on February 1, 2024