Zach and I met in downtown Bend at our mutual friend's birthday party in January 2022. We both knew immediately that we'd found "The One". We were inseparable from the start and fell in love rather quickly. I told my mom and best friends that I met the man I was going to marry within the first week. Since then, we have traveled to Vegas, Mexico, AZ, Seattle and all over the state of Oregon.

We didn't know each other yet, but we were both at the Mirage for the Randy Houser concert during NFR, and to both of our surprise, we would officially meet 3 weeks later back at home.

We both love playing cards, board games, golfing, rodeos, camping, concerts, watching Cain play sports and going up to Zach's cabin (that he built!) at Wickiup. Since we've been together, Zach has taught me about hunting, archery and shooting guns. I've taught Zach the difference between to, too and two, the pillow case trick, the rules of sports, and how to operate a computer, lol.

Since we've blended our lives, we've both made new friends and gained family members, starting with our 8 year old Cain.

We got engaged at the beach house in Lincoln City on New Year's Eve 2022. That date is special to us because exactly 1 year prior, we both prayed that we would meet our person in the coming year. Little did we know, it was only 7 short days before that would happen and the rest is history!

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