Photos

We took the opportunity to document our visit to Paris in July 2022!

Love sealed in every wall after buying our first house together in July 2024.

Glamping/wine-tasting in the Finger Lakes with two of our good friends

The whole family post Ariel's proposal!

Spirit week color day when you're lucky enough to work at the same school! (featuring our friend Alex)

Paint and Sip date night- can you tell who the artist in the relationship is??

Bonding with my future mother-in-law by showing off my best dance moves

Kissing on the banks of the Seine.

Our good friend Sylvia was lovely enough to hide in the boat when I proposed to Ari and do a mini shoot with us right afterwards!

Christmas 2024 with our Martinez fam!

The surprise engageMany of our best friends, including ones who had to fly, came to surprise Ari at the surprise engagement party Bee threw for her the day after proposing!

Christmas Lights at the Asheville Arboretum with our roommate Kayla

Our first trip to see if Asheville could be our new home- accompanied by Debi and Sharon

5 years later... still laughing at her bad puns.

Hanging out with Sylvia and Harrison at the Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C!

The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland

A drizzly day in Dublin, Ireland

Watching Ariel graduate from Teach for America!

We just had to take the Mona Lisa picture!

Our first morning in France!

Taking a train in France

Going to each new Artech house installation in D.C was one of our favorite date nights the first couple years we were together

Our first Thanksgiving, we went to Nashville with my extended family

Our first Christmas up in CT! Bee had a blast getting to know the Martinez family!

We spent the whole day as the most stereotypical tourists wandering Avignon taking silly pictures and eating lots of chocolate croissants

Bee's 23rd birthday in Annecy, France

Right before we went paragliding!

Ariel's first time white-water rafting with Bee's family in TN

Taking advantage of the little snow Asheville gets

The necessary Rockefeller Christmas tree picture

Ari said "Wait, these leaves look pretty and so do we!" one day after school.

The advantages of being the driver is getting great opportunities to take pictures of your SO

Portugal might be our favorite country in the world.

Ari's first time to Dollywood after two previous failed attempts to take her there

Getting to go to my cousin Sammie's wedding where Ariel proved that she gets down on a dance floor

Winery at the Finger Lakes in New York with two of our best friends, Emily and Tare

Spring Break '24 in Daytona Beach, FL with Ari's sister Tasha wouldn't be complete with mexican food and jumbo margaritas

Us, Emily, Tare, and a corn maze

The Everglades with Bee's parents, grandma, and aunt Julie- crocodiles galore!

Getting to spend time with grandpa

As cat owners of the most perfect cat in existence, it felt imperative to visit the Museum of the House Cat.

Hanging out in Greenville, SC

Bee surprised Ariel with a getaway for her birthday to Assateague Island Natural Reserves and to see the wild horses there.

Right after we decided to put an offer in on our first house with our housemate Kayla!

The entrance to Dollywood, ready for fun rides that are ~not~ rollercoasters for Ari's sake

Castillo de San Marco in St. Augustine, FL- because being near a historical monument necessitates a visit for Ariel and Abby

After Hurricane Helene devastated our new hometown, we were fortunate enough to stay with Aunt Julie. While there, we went to a little painting class.. only one of us finished, but both had fun!

Us, Debi, Aunt Julie, Uncle Eddie

Farm airbnb stay in the mountains with Emily and Tare- Ari still grumps that she took better pictures of the other family than they did of us.

Early days brunch date

Gorgeous sunset on a beach trip- photo credits to Abby's cousin Lauren!

Heading to the Maryland Renaissance Fair with Tare and Emily

That beach trip really did result in some cute pictures

Just the best evening- there was the sunset on the beach and we put on music and just watched the people go by.

Masking up and staying safe during picnic dates after we became part of each other's bubbles