May 2, 2025 • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Jacob & Nali
May 2, 2025 • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Love at 425 degrees
Although they previously had one high school class together, Jacob and Nali didn't truly meet until they both started working at Papa Murphy's in their hometown of Hudson, WI. Nali had already worked her way to Shift Supervisor and was responsible for training Jacob on his first day. Crushes were quickly formed (must've been the sexy red polos) and the two enjoyed working next to each other on the pizza line. Jacob learned that Nali's favorite food group was cheese, so he would make up cheese jokes to flirt with her.
They soon started hanging out outside of P Murph's, and eventually Nali worked up the courage to tell Jacob she like-liked him. Thankfully, he like-liked her back. So, after graduation, he joined Nali and her friends on their summer camping trip toPeninsula State Park where they shared their first kiss under the stars, overlooking Lake Michigan.
Jacob & Nali officially started dating soon after - July 12, 2014 to be exact - and have been camping, traveling, laughing and learning together since.
August 10, 2015
Camping at Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo, WI
September 04, 2016
Jacob transferred to UW-Madison to join Nali as a Badger
October 14, 2017
Up in Duluth (with Deli) for Nali's hockey game
March 26, 2018
Visiting Nali's family in San Francisco
April 06, 2019
Touring the University of Washington as a potential grad school for Jacob - they didn't take a single pic together, so here's Jacob enjoying Seattle's gum wall
June 30, 2019
Spending a (hot) Summer in Tucson for Jacob's internship
July 05, 2019
Road tripping from Tucson to Yosemite National Park...
July 20, 2019
...and later taking a much shorter road trip from Tucson to Grand Canyon National Park
July 04, 2020
Social distancing from everyone by camping in the Boundary Waters over the 4th of July
June 03, 2021
Exploring Jackson Hole & Grand Teton National Park
October 25, 2021
Camping out in Rocky Mountain National Park
October 31, 2021
A closer to home adventure: Nali's first Vikings game
June 15, 2022
Nali makes it to Milan to visit Jacob after he moved there for work
July 23, 2022
Nali & Jacob spent a month and a half exploring Italy together before Nali had to return to the U.S.
September 03, 2022
Zoom dates became the norm while Jacob finished his work in Italy (returning just in time for Christmas!)
August 01, 2023
Traveling Croatia with Jacob's family
May 27, 2024
Approaching their 10-year anniversary, Jacob finally proposed to Nali on the perfect hike of Dunmore Head in Ireland