Our Story

April 25, 2015
We met in Madison, WI while we were both in college.

April 04, 2016
One of our first trips was to Chicago.

May 10, 2016
Nicole graduated from Edgewood College.

June 10, 2016
We celebrated Nicole's graduation with a trip to Florida. This was Jake's first flight!

August 01, 2016
Nicole moved to Michigan that summer to start her PhD program.

September 01, 2016
Jake visited as much as possible! We had a lot of fun at football games in Ann Arbor.

May 22, 2017
Our first international trip was to Mexico.

September 01, 2017
We celebrated Jake's birthday in Colorado.

September 09, 2017
We've had a lot of fun dancing over the years :)

December 03, 2017
We adopted Halle from the Humane Society in Ann Arbor.

December 17, 2017
Jake graduated from UW-Platteville!

December 29, 2017
We went on a roadtrip that winter through the Southwest US.

October 10, 2018
Jake moved to Michigan and we moved in together!

February 19, 2019
We went on our first ski trip together and got hooked, despite our first run being a double black and Nicole losing both of her skis in the snow.

April 21, 2019
Jake traveled to Germany for work and Nicole got to tag along.

April 24, 2019
We also visited Switzerland on this trip!

September 01, 2019
We spent Jake's birthday in sunny San Diego.

December 25, 2019
We've continued to ski a bunch. This photo was taken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

March 01, 2020
Our last trip for a while was to Florida.

January 17, 2021
We celebrated our 5th anniversary in Ithaca, New York.

February 26, 2021
We traveled to Utah for the first time in 2021. Who knew we'd end up living here someday!

March 05, 2021
Nicole defended her PhD and became Dr. Olson in March 2021!

July 04, 2021
We said goodbye to our home in Michigan :(

July 30, 2021
We found our next home in Durham, North Carolina!

August 06, 2021
We explored the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.

May 28, 2022
We did some camping near Grandfather Mountain State Park.

July 01, 2022
We picked up disc golf together and quickly became obsessed. Many of you reading this have played disc golf with us!

July 05, 2022
We traveled to Pittsburgh this summer with some friends.

December 25, 2022
Christmas this year included matching pajamas and a discmas tree.

January 23, 2023
We visited Utah in the winter and started to think, "Hey, this place is pretty cool."

April 30, 2023
Jake's disc golf dying business, Flyin Dyes, took off and we participated in our first market!

June 17, 2023
We vacationed in North Carolina's Outer Banks and saw some beautiful sunsets.

July 01, 2023
We visited New River Gorge National Park during summer 2023.

August 31, 2023
We got engaged on a trip to Iceland!!

September 03, 2023
Our adventures continued onto Stockholm, Sweden.

September 07, 2023
And Budapest, Hungary! Such a memorable trip!

December 25, 2023
We spent Christmas in Puerto Rico with Nicole's family.

January 06, 2024
We packed up again and drove across the country, this time landing in Salt Lake City!

April 22, 2024
Our first few months in Utah were full of exploring the outdoors.

April 27, 2024
We took a quick trip to Baltimore to celebrate our friends' wedding.

April 29, 2024
We went to a Brewers baseball game with Jake's family!

May 09, 2024
Next, we went to Las Vegas to watch some professional disc golf.

June 07, 2024
Summer 2024 was filled with as much camping as possible.

June 12, 2024
And plenty of hiking too!

June 25, 2024
We checked Grand Teton National Park off our wish list!

August 24, 2024
We went on our first backpacking trip together with some friends from SLC!

September 13, 2024
We traveled to Colorado for another wedding with friends.

September 24, 2024
We've continued to play disc golf together.

September 28, 2024
We enjoyed our first fall in Utah by checking out all the fall colors.

October 05, 2024
We attended another wedding with friends.

October 19, 2024
We went camping in southern Utah for Nicole's birthday!

December 25, 2024
We celebrated our first Christmas in Utah with Nicole's family.

December 26, 2024
And enjoyed a post-Christmas hike.

January 02, 2025
Thanks for being part of our journey. Cheers!