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Our first wedding as a couple, at the wedding of Luke and Kitty Testerman, February 2022.
At our first Winter 5K adventure. Mark ran slow and ate pizza fast.
Escape room with Mark and Grace. Varmints and rascals not pictured..
Our first Ash Wednesday as a couple.
Our first trip together, to Kane, PA. By way of Bradford, PA, where Zippo lighters are made.
Winter 5K in the Blandy Experimental Farm in VA.
Mark's new house, bought in November 2022. Soon to be OUR new house.
First picture in Mark's new house! It's normal sized. Mark is not.
During the painting of the 60s faux paneling at Mark's new house. He's a real cowboy.
Mark working on his domestic skills.
Party at Fr. Gallagher's house!
Claire picks out a Christmas tree!
And Mark cuts it. In shorts. What a dude.
Claire and Ida in their victory dresses after the Wool& 100-day Dress Challenge!
Galvin Family vacation at Holiday Valley Ski Resort.
Winter 5K in Latrobe, PA, where Claire went to school at St. Vincent College.
2022 Christmas Party at the Heritage Foundation
Claire crushes Mark at street chess in one of his last weeks living in Arlington. RIP.
Claire has started cutting Mark's hair!
It goes okay most of the time.
Training for the 2022 Harpers Ferry Half Marathon. (Just Claire, not Mark. He's a weenie and is totally okay with it).
👀 ! Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany, January 7, 2022
Ring box made in Maine, with custom ring pedestal by Mark. Ring made right in Charles Town!
The ring was hidden in a box with the Three Kings. Gold, frankincense, myrrh....and lifelong commitment :)
Polar plunge and 5K at Priest Field! This is technically before we were dating, but you can see how dedicated Mark was :)
Claire plunged for over an hour. It was impressive.
Engaged? Who? Me?
Biking around Leesburg, VA. Claire loves a man in a helmet.
2022 Christmas Party at CBG, Claire's company where she works as a project engineer.
Run around the US Capitol.
2022 Rooftop Fourth of July Party at the Heritage Foundation.
Bridge Day 2022 - Fayetteville, WV