After meeting through basketball the previous semester, Ben and I started seeing one another after Christmas break our freshman year of college.

We took our first trip together, in Boston!

I visited Ben when he was studying abroad in Ireland. Here we are hiking along cliffs in Howth!

We have spent many weekends on the lake with Ben's grandparents.

Camping up in the UP! We both love the outdoors and camping is one of our favorite ways to enjoy it.

I was working in Juneau, AK during the summer of 2020 and Ben came to visit for a week. He brought the sunshine with him, as it rained the entire time I was working there except when he visited.

Our first backpacking trip!

We graduated Central Michigan University together in May.

Ben and I moved out to Boise, ID together in June 2021. I was attending graduate school at Boise State University, and Ben got his first teaching job in Meridian, ID. We spent our first week together on a backpacking trip in the Sawtooth National Forest, shown here.

We have enjoyed our time out West and have taken advantage of being here by exploring as much as possible. Here we are visiting and skiing with friends in the Tetons.

Ben proposed on top of Lucky Peak, one of our favorite hiking spots in Boise!