Rehearsal Dinner

Wedding Day

Cascade Garden 

Ceremony

Reception

Our Wedding

Our journey began the summer of 2018. Michael and I met through a mutual friend and very quickly became inseparable. We jumped into our relationship head first and very young, but very sure of our love. We were best friends first. We waited for what felt like an eternity, but in reality was very quick before we gave it a try. I was hesitant and Michael was persistent. 

Once Upon A Time 

Our journey continued to living in my car, bouncing from couch to couch continuously getting to know one another within the toughest times in our lives. We were young and dumb and in love trying to figure out what we wanted out of life together and apart at times. We moved into his parents RV in August of 2019 trying to get on our feet and move forward from a death in the family and many heartbreaks from one another in between. At this point in our lives we really had no idea if we would make this relationship work for longevity. 

A Journey Of Trial And Error 

We moved into our first apartment June of 2020 with our first pet, baby! We then got our cat Smokey in April of 2021. We settled into our home at the midst of Covid barely scraping by at times desperately gaining and keeping our independence together. We really got to know one another at this point and what it was like to live together. More trial and error came with more uncertainty. All we knew is that we loved each other and as hard as it was at times we knew how badly we both were still madly in love with one another. We continued to fight for our love and our life that we built from nothing.

Our First Apartment / Pets

We were skating through life keeping our life stable and our relationship strong while getting used to life after Covid, until we found out we were pregnant with our daughter in June of 2022. 

Big Surprise!  

Our lives changed so much when we had our daughter. Aniyah changed us and our relationship for the better. We continued to grow and connect closer than ever before. Even through another death in the family while going through postpartum and different changes we stayed glued together and kept building our stability, relationship, and home. 

Our Little Family 

<p>Michael proposed early on in our relationship. He got down on one knee at one of our favorite spots in cascade locks by the water. We both poured our hearts out, and of course I said yes! As persistent as Michael was and as willing and eager as I was to say yes we just weren’t ready at that point in our lives with all of the trials and tribulations we had to endure to get to where we are now. The summer of 2025 we sat down and are finally ready to make that next step 6 years later stronger and more stable than ever before! We are excited to see what our future holds as a married couple 🖤Here’s to 2026 to celebrate us and our journey!P.S. November of 2025 we found out another addition was on the way! Baby Azalea will be here just in time to see us be wed along side her big sister 🖤</p>

Finally! 

Our Story

Photos

Lyndsay smith 

Bri Guthert 

Meredith Pinedo 

Ashlee Zack 

Alicia Rivera 

Jennifer Stilwell

Colley Munson

Drew Ellis 

Preston Brown 

JD James

Kile Stevens 

Jayden Landry 

Wedding Party

Q + A

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Destiny & Michael

Destiny & Michael

D&M

Wedding Day

3:00 PM–3:30 PM

Ceremony

4:30 PM–9:00 PM

Reception