Trista and Zach started falling for one another before they even saw all of each other's faces. Fully masked up during the height of COVID, they had their first date at a board game cafe in Columbus. It seemed like the perfect site given their mutually competitive natures. Yet, four hours later, the games were still untouched. They'd spent the whole time talking.

The first date was followed a couple of weeks later by a first kiss, which Trista really screwed up. Luckily, Zach was undeterred.

In the four years since, they have grown together, sharing their mutual love of sports (even if not the same teams), music, travel, politics, roller coasters, and, most importantly. each other. They have amicably tolerated their not-so-mutual love of bad movies (Zach) and Saturday Night Live (Trista).

They have adventured together from Alaska to South America and many places in between. They combined their fur baby family last year, and cannot wait to combine their lives in marriage before their wonderful families and friends. The greatest adventure awaits!