Our plan was to have our wedding on February 14, 2021, however, given the current circumstances with COVID19 this is unfortunately further postponed. (Please ignore the 12/31/2021 date above, it is just a place holder on our website.) If you didn't already know, we chose to have a small and intimate wedding with our closest families on September 6, 2020. We didn't want to wait for COVID to end to be officially married, but are still hopeful to have a larger celebration in the future when it is safer to do so. We will keep this website up to date when we get more details as time goes on. Thank you for your understanding. We love you all and hope to celebrate with everyone soon! Love, Bethany & Austin

It all started freshman year in 2010 at George Fox University, home of the Bruins! We were just friends back then, but it was during that time we experienced the kind of friendship we always wanted to share in a life partner. Little did we know we would end up being that partner for each other! After 7 years of being in and out of touch at different colleges, we reconnected and haven't stopped talking ever since. The timing was finally right for courtship, except that we were living in different states which was a big challenge. However, this made us lean into God's faithfulness and guidance in conquering the obstacles that came with a long distance relationship. We grew to understand the phrase, 'distance makes the heart grow fonder' more than we wanted. And of course, our love overcame that season and we were blessed to be in closer proximity after one year apart. So many adventures were experienced together--from feeding elephants in Thailand, to canyoneering in the Philippines, to skydiving from 12,000 ft. over the beautiful island of O'ahu (sorry mom). Our love was full of excitement while also deeply enriched with special people that God placed around us, and we just knew that life wouldn't be as colorful without each other in it.

Early 2020 before COVID took center stage in the world, Austin had planned a special proposal to win Bethany's heart forever, but he had to quickly change plans based on the quarantine. He created an incredible video (see the link below) which Bethany's roomies surprised her with before a fancy dinner. She bawled when she realized what was unfolding. It included video clips from her family and friends who couldn’t be there because of the quarantine. She followed the video's instructions to open the front door and was greeted by a dear friend. She blindfolded Bethany and drove her to their church, where Austin waited at the end of a path lit by candles and rose petals, with their special song playing in the background. She met him in the middle of the giant heart made of petals where they embraced (it may or may not have been 6 ft of distance). She was in utter shock that he managed to pull this off despite being in a pandemic. It was then and there on March 28, 2020 that Bethany said “Of course!” to her best friend and quarantine buddy for life. Proposal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai0fwZBXA10