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title: Our Story
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**Our Love Story**

1. 03.22.2019
   
   ## It's a Match!
   
   ![Screen Shot 2022-12-21 at 1.22.10 PM](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-21%20at%201.22.10%20PM.png?width=1788&height=746&name=Screen%20Shot%202022-12-21%20at%201.22.10%20PM.png)
   
   Dillon and Carrie match on Hinge and agree to go on their first date
2. 03.28.2019
   
   ## Tacos, anyone?
   
   ![CIyj%KUCTqm7xXzdHOmrAA_thumb_956d](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CIyj%25KUCTqm7xXzdHOmrAA_thumb_956d.jpeg?width=1024&height=896&name=CIyj%25KUCTqm7xXzdHOmrAA_thumb_956d.jpeg)
   
   They meet for the first time at Big Star in Wicker Park for a feast of queso, tacos, and margaritas 
3. 06.28.2019 - 07.06.2019
   
   ## Big Steps in the Big Apple
   
   **![NYC](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NYC.jpeg?width=960&height=540&name=NYC.jpeg)**
   
   Carrie joins Dillon on a Sandhu family trip to NYC to see Ethan perform the bassoon at an NYU woodwind camp
4. 08.07.2019 - 08.12.2019
   
   ## Our First Big Trip
   
   ![MVIMG_20190808_124941](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MVIMG_20190808_124941.jpg?width=3264&height=2448&name=MVIMG_20190808_124941.jpg)
   
   Dillon and Carrie spend a week roughing it in picturesque Olympic National Park. For the first time ever, Dillon refers to Carrie as his "girlfriend" while on the phone with a customer service professional. 
5. 12.22.2019
   
   ## "This is probably a weird time to say this but..."
   
   **![dont-fuck-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer-review-netflix](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/dont-fuck-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer-review-netflix.jpeg?width=1000&height=567&name=dont-fuck-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer-review-netflix.jpeg)**
   
   **"I love you!" **Dillon says upon pausing the Netflix true-crime docuseries "Don't F**ck with Cats" so that he could pee
6. 03.03.2020 - 03.19.2020
   
   ## Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride
   
   ![Waimea Canyon](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wailea%20Canyon.jpg?width=3088&height=2320&name=Wailea%20Canyon.jpg)
   
   While the world as we knew it came to grinding halt, Dillon and Carrie were on the trip of a lifetime hiking, camping, and snorkeling across Kauai and Maui. One morning while camping on a beach, Dillon got just enough cellphone service to check his email and find out that he'd been accepted to Duke's Master's in Economics and Computation program
7. 06.08.2020
   
   ## Fresh Digs
   
   ![Arnie-1](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Arnie-1.jpeg?width=550&height=644&name=Arnie-1.jpeg)In the height of the pandemic, Dillon and Carrie take on a new kind of adventure by moving 800 miles to the wonderful Durham, North Carolina
8. 12.03.2021
   
   ## It's a Boy!
   
   ![IMG_1087](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_1087.jpg?width=3024&height=4032&name=IMG_1087.jpg)
   
   Our precious baby Toby joins the family!
   
    
9. 05.08.2022
   
   ## Dillon Graduates
   
   ![Graduation-1](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Graduation-1.jpeg?width=485&height=520&name=Graduation-1.jpeg)
   
   Dillon graduates from Duke University with a Masters in Economics and Computation and commits to continuing on at Duke for his PhD in Computer Science
10. 07.13.2022
    
    ## Things get serious
    
    ![IMG_2009](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_2009.jpeg?width=3088&height=2320&name=IMG_2009.jpeg)
    
    In their largest commitment to one another to date, Dillon and Carrie purchase their first home together, solidifying Durham as their home 
11. 08.08.2022
    
    ## We're Engaged!!!
    
    ![IMG_0391 copy](https://www.carriemarriesdillon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_0391%20copy.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&name=IMG_0391%20copy.jpg)
    
    After an incredible meal of Portuguese tapas and vinho verde and an impromptu dance in the street to an acoustic guitarist playing and singing "What a Wonderful World", Dillon proposed along the Douro River in Porto, Portugal