Venturing out to Joshua Tree National Park last year, the original plan was to spend a few relaxing days ringing in the New Year. Denis had other ideas in mind. On our second day of hiking the Jumbo Rocks trail, we started to reminisce about our favorite moments of the past year and what excited us most about the next. While I was busy taking photos of the amazing view, Denis dropped down to one knee and finally popped the big question. Tears flowing, I screamed yes (I may have asked "IS THIS FOR REAL?" a few times) and we hurried back to our AirBnb to toast some champagne under the beautiful desert sky.

We met in college when Chloe was a Freshman and Denis was a Senior all the way back in 2012. After he graduated, we dated long distance for a year before Chloe finished up school in Chicago and we moved in together in 2016. After living in the city, we made the biggest move of our lives out to California in 2017. Chloe started grad school in Claremont while Denis started working in the beach cities for an advertising company. For the last 5 years, we've lived in Redondo Beach and worked in our fields, enjoying a beautiful life together. After (almost) 10 years together, we're beyond excited to celebrate all these wonderful moments with the most important people in our lives.