First ever picture together. We had met 4 days prior. We were going on a hike to Mallard Lake together in Yellowstone National Park. This was the day Jill found out Hunter was a keeper because she dropped her phone in the snow somewhere along the multi-mile hike and didn't realize until they reached the lake. On the way back to the trailhead, Hunter miraculously found her phone in the snow along the several mile trek.
May 10, 2019
This was our first picture as an official couple in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We became official on May 10th, one week after we met. We took a long walk at midnight on the boardwalk in the geyser basin surrounding Old Faithful. When we got back to the employee dorm after our walk, we had our first kiss and never looked back.
June 27, 2019
For the next 3 months we lived in the employee dorm together in Yellowstone National Park and then we went on a month long road trip of the West together.
June 28, 2019
Us learning how to square dance together in Bozeman, Montana.
July 02, 2019
Us in Glacier National Park, Montana, on one of our breaks from working in Yellowstone.
August 05, 2019
Us in Monument Valley, Utah, on our month long road trip in August 2019.
August 10, 2019
Us in Hollywood, California, on our road trip in August 2019.
August 16, 2019
Us at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, on our road trip in August 2019.
August 21, 2019
Us in Yosemite National Park, California, on our road trip in August 2019.
August 31, 2019
Us in Florida at the end of our road trip. In September 2019, we became long distance after 4 months of dating. Our summer jobs in Yellowstone had ended. Jill moved back to Chattanooga, Tennessee to finish college and Hunter moved back to Boca Raton, Florida to start college.
October 12, 2019
Over the next 2 years while we were long distance from East Tennessee to South Florida, we saw each other as much as we possibly could. (Yes, there were lots and lots and lots of flights!) This was our first time seeing each other after we had become long distance. We biked the Creeper Trail in Virginia!
November 17, 2019
Jill visiting Hunter in Florida just before Thanksgiving.
December 26, 2019
Our first Christmas together we visited Washington D.C.!
January 01, 2020
For new years 2020, we went to New York City together and saw the ball drop in Times Square.
January 30, 2020
Us getting to see each other at Hunter's sister's house in Atlanta, Georgia.
March 02, 2020
Jill visiting Hunter in Florida just a few days before Covid hit. During the height of Covid we went about 2.5 months without seeing each other. We also had to spend our one year anniversary apart.
June 03, 2020
Once Covid started to calm down though we were able to see each other quite a bit over the summer of 2020. This is us in Pensacola, Florida on a trip we took there and to Mobile, Alabama in June.
August 04, 2020
Jill visiting Hunter in Florida before the new school year started.
August 08, 2020
Us at the Everglades National Park in Florida in August 2020.
September 06, 2020
Us in St. Augustine, Florida for Hunter's birthday.
October 14, 2020
Us in Gainesville, Florida touring the University of Florida for the first time, where Hunter was planning to finish his degree the next year.
December 27, 2020
In December 2020, we did yet another cross country road trip. We drove from Tennessee to Utah for a new years ski trip with some friends. This was also our first adventure in car-camping.
December 31, 2020
Us in Utah, new years 2021.
January 03, 2021
Us in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado, driving back from our ski trip.
January 06, 2021
Us in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, driving back from our ski trip.
March 17, 2021
Hunter visiting Jill in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for his spring break. We made a trip up to North Carolina that week and toured Biltmore Estate!
June 02, 2021
Us at Rock Island State Park, Tennessee in June 2021.
July 08, 2021
Back in May of 2021, Jill had graduated from college in Chattanooga and had decided to attend law school in San Diego, California. Hunter had finished his Associates Degree in Boca Raton, Florida, and was moving to Gainesville, Florida, to finish his degree at the University of Florida. This was the week before Jill's move to San Diego and Hunter's move to Gainesville. Hunter pushed Jill into a pool at her going-away party.
August 07, 2021
Hunter visited Jill in California for about a month in August of 2021. During that month, they went on a two-week long road trip of California and Oregon. This is us in Death Valley National Park, California.
August 12, 2021
Us in Redwood National Park in Northern California.
August 22, 2021
Us on the Oregon Coast before Hunter had to go back to Florida.
November 26, 2021
Hunter and Jill didn't see each other for over 3 months during the fall of 2021 while Jill was living in California and Hunter was living in Florida. They finally got to see each other again at Thanksgiving 2021 when they both flew to Tennessee.
January 01, 2022
Jill and Hunter spent new years 2022 in Florida together.
April 15, 2022
In January 2022, Jill moved back to Tennessee from California. Now that Jill lived back in East Tennessee, and Hunter lived in North Florida, they lived the closest to each other that they ever had. During the year of 2022, they got to see each other more than they had since they lived in Yellowstone. Us in Gainesville, Florida for Easter 2022.
May 03, 2022
For our 3rd anniversary, we went on a trip to Chicago, Illinois, together. This was the first time we had ever gotten to spend our anniversary together.
June 18, 2022
Us in Providence Canyon State Park, Georgia, Summer 2022. The first half of the summer, we spent a lot of time swimming in natural springs in North Florida.
August 30, 2022
Us in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Summer 2022. The second half of the summer, we spent a lot of time hiking and chasing waterfalls in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
November 14, 2022
Us in Savannah, Georgia, Fall 2022. Over the fall of 2022, Jill spent a lot of time working from Hunter's apartment in Gainesville, Florida. We went back to Virginia and biked the Creeper Trail again in October. In November, we went on this trip to Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia.
December 29, 2022
For new years 2022, Hunter and Jill went on a ski trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This was the first time they had been back to Wyoming since they lived in Yellowstone.
December 31, 2022
They tried snowmobiling for the first time on new years eve. Hunter enjoyed it. Jill was terrified.
March 09, 2023
By this point, Jill had accepted a new job in Price, Utah. In February of 2023, Jill moved from Tennessee to Utah. Hunter and Jill were, once again, cross-country long distance. In March of 2023, Hunter visited Jill in Utah while he was on spring break.
April 27, 2023
Us in Tennessee for Jill's mom's birthday. At this point, Hunter had decided to move to Utah with Jill and continue his degree online. Hunter was traveling from Florida to Utah and was able to make the pit stop in Tennessee for this picture.
May 01, 2023
Hunter made it to Utah! Long distance was officially over! Hunter and Jill were also able to celebrate their 4 year anniversary together 2 days after Hunter arrived in Utah.
May 27, 2023
Hunter and Jill celebrated one month of long distance being over by going on a trip back to Yellowstone where they had first met.
May 31, 2023
This is a picture of them standing almost in the exact spot where they first met in front of the employee dorm they lived in while they were living in Yellowstone and falling in love.
June 14, 2023
In June of 2023, Jill's parents came out to Utah to visit them. While they were there, Hunter asked them for Jill's hand in marriage.
June 30, 2023
Hunter and Jill got engaged on June 30th, 2023, in Price, Utah. They had been together for exactly 50 months.
August 12, 2023
Hunter and Jill's engagement photo session at Tibble Fork Reservoir, Utah.
September 24, 2023
Hunter and Jill and the Great Salt Lake, one of their last adventures while living in Utah.
November 18, 2023
Hunter and Jill in Olympic National Park, Washington. The couple moved to Seattle, Washington in November 2023 for Jill's new job.