Friends and music brought Ana Luz and Nicholas together in fall 2015. Neither knew that a Friday night Great Good Fine Ok concert would lead to a wedding almost four years later, but the mishaps of a friend sent the two on their first adventure and they haven't looked back since.

In early 2018 Nicholas spent several months working in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the end of his visit he left with a ring in his pocket and he kept it safe for several months in the sock drawer. Looking ahead to the summer, he and Ana Luz had a few trips planned to Hawaii and Wyoming. Thinking Hawaii might be too obvious an occasion, Nicholas caught Ana Luz by surprise beside a crystal lake and Mount Moran in the background. After a day of hiking, boating, and swimming in Grand Teton National Park they searched for cell phone service, called their moms, and celebrated with Nicholas' sister Alexandra in Jackson, Wyoming that night.