Across
- 1. Razor and Tulip, e.g.
- 5. Our loudmouth hungry feline
- 6. The state in which we both grew up (abbr.)
- 8. Where Jayton studied "hokey" computer science (abbr.)
- 9. Ellen's flowery 14 year old canine companion
- 11. The event of the season!
- 13. Father of the groom
- 17. Ellen's craft for making hats and gloves
- 18. The main ingredient in our wedding cake
- 19. Ellen ___ Hart
- 20. Ellen's agricultural ambition
- 22. 2001-2003 epic trilogy and Ellen's obsession (Abbr.)
- 24. We'll have our first at the reception
- 25. Father of the bride
- 26. 1988 baseball movie set next to our wedding venue
- 29. Stretchy meditative activity that Ellen enjoys
- 31. We want to grow ___ together
- 32. The reason we played a lot of board games in 2020
- 33. Ellen's old gold and black alma mater (abbr.)
- 35. Jayton has reached new "heights" getting a "foothold" in this sport
- 38. Island country where Ellen studied for a semester
- 40. Jayton eats 4-6 of these per day
- 42. The maid of honor
- 43. Our honeymoon destination
- 45. "Rocky" destination where we visited Ellen's grandmother and dug for gold (Abbr.)
- 46. ___ bell, Chico's origin and Jayton's high school employer
- 48. As a child Ellen was on the neighborhood ___ team
- 49. The aviation license we're training to attain
- 51. Our promises to each other
- 52. We watched Jasper earn his black belt in this Korean martial art in 2021 (Abbr.)
- 53. VA city where Jayton grew up
- 55. Our board game nights are spent terraforming this planet
- 57. The windy city we traveled to for our first Valentine's Day
- 59. VA city where Ellen grew up
- 60. The game-filled location of our first date
Down
- 2. Mother of the groom
- 3. Jayton's crypto passion
- 4. Chico, e.g.
- 7. Jayton's eye color
- 10. What we'll declare on April 23
- 12. The big city where we spent our last Thanksgiving watching the parade (Abbr.)
- 13. Jayton ___ Gill
- 14. The Village People song namesake and where Ellen worked as a lifeguard in high school
- 15. River house vacation location in the northern neck of VA
- 16. Where Ellen works
- 19. The best meal of the day, according to Jayton
- 20. Favorite Durham brewery
- 21. Ellen's creative "little" bro
- 23. Dating site where we caught each other's eye
- 26. Durham's bovine mascot next to which we got engaged
- 27. Mother of the bride
- 28. Prefix in Ellen's human-centric college major
- 30. ___ City, famous BBQ town and where we spent Jayton's 34th birthday
- 34. Rottie mix known fondly as "Cujo" to our nextdoor neighbors and "Raisin" to Ellen
- 36. Citrus fruit that makes everything taste better, according to Ellen
- 37. Jayton's progeny (and prodigy)
- 39. West Coast city where we visited Tom last summer and saw some fancy cars (Abbr.)
- 41. Our first conversation was about how terrible the last season of this HBO show was (Abbr.)
- 42. Amos's reptile family
- 44. What we're all here to celebrate
- 47. Prefix to the "marine" colored stone in Ellen's engagement ring
- 50. Jayton's former tech employer
- 54. Jayton's oldest and scaliest pet, lover of rats
- 56. Beloved Hart matriarch
- 58. The best man
