Our Story:
It's funny how two people can meet and come away with two different stories! Well, our stories aren't completely at odds but there are definitely some fun inconsistencies about who was the aggressor ;-). Maybe it's selective memory, or perhaps it's an exercise in ego strengthening. Whatever it was, it was the night we met the person we'd spend the rest of our lives with and that's all that really matters!
We met at Dan's Bar (no joke, it really was named Dan's) on an August night in 2003. Lilian was with her friend Leslie and Dan with his friends Ray and Mike. A conversation started and that was the beginning of our amazing journey. Since then we've traveled all over the world together, celebrated milestones, gotten to know each others families and started building our lives together.
Below is a short timeline of our adventure together. We couldn't dream of including everything but hopefully it gives you an idea of how our story has unfolded.
In 2003....
Dan starts a conversation with Lilian at Dan's bar and we quickly begin dating.
We celebrate many firsts as a couple (birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas)...
In 2004....
We have many more firsts including our first NYE with friends!
Lilian throws Dan an 80's party to celebrate his birthday.
Our first trip together is to Seattle.
In 2005....
We go to Niagara Falls and NYC. Lilian was the first girl Dan took to meet his grandmother and family in NY.
Dan buys a house in Fremont to be closer to Lilian.
Amsterdam & Paris here we come!
We fly over the bay!
In 2006.....
Another trip to NY and beaching it up in Miami!
We get our first pet, a cute kitten named Mittens.
In 2007....
Costa Rica was the travel location!
Lilian's birthday is celebrated with a BBQ and great party bus ride to SF!
Vacation time in Hawaii with friends.
In 2008....
Lilian gets a surprise boat party and disco party for her 30th birthday thrown by Dan!
We travel to Vietnam and Beijing for the summer Olympics.
In 2009......
We travel to Japan with friends......
And of course....