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Ty Penningtonis feeling the love this Valentine’s Day!
The carpenter, who is best known for his time onTrading Spacesand as the host ofExtreme Makeover: Home Edition, paid tribute to his new wife, Kellee Merrell, on Instagram on Monday as they marked their first time celebrating the holiday as a married couple.
“Ain’t love grand?” Pennington, 57, wrote alongside avideomontage of special moments they’ve spent together, including at their home, exploring the outdoors and on their wedding day. He added an array of hashtags to his caption as well, including, “ValentinesDay,” “#True Love,” “#WaitForTheOne” and “#Romance.”
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This Valentine’s Day comes just a few months after the couple officially became husband and wife. Pennington and Merrell, 33 — a social media manager originally from Vancouver —wedin November in a tiny ceremony with just eight guests in Savannah, Georgia.
The intimate “I dos” and the reception took place in a setting befitting handyman Pennington’s career:the 19th-century home they’re restoring together.
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They reconnected in early 2020 and decided to quarantine together amid the COVID-19 pandemic, during which their relationship blossomed.
“I have admired Kellee from afar for years. She’s a beautiful person inside and out,” Pennington told PEOPLE exclusively after the engagement. “Luckily our paths finally crossed at the right time. It’s one of those things where you just feel happy being around a person. I never thought I would get married, but she changed that. Glad I waited for the one.”
source: people.com
