Welcome to our story

We were both living in Yuma, AZ aka the most boring place on earth, after the both of us found ourselves fresh out of some curveball, life hit us with. Deven was the new line cook at the brewery where I had been serving at for some time. He definitely caught my eye but I wasn’t sure I was ready for anything serious. We found that as we spent more and more time together, the connection felt so natural. It felt like home. We had both found what we were missing. Next thing we knew…it was official! Deven mentioned moving to Phoenix and without hesitation I said “sounds great, I’ll pack my bags!”. We always say that we just had to take the “long way ‘round”, go through everything we did just to end up in the same place, at the same time. Everything happens for a reason (Deven rolls his eyes every time I say this 😂) but it’s the truth! Our sweet Jiraiya is living proof of that 🤍

Flagstaff has always been one of our favorite places! We took a trip every year (pre baby) for Dev’s birthday to snowboard (or enjoy the lodge in my case). We often take day trips to escape the summer heat and check out some breweries. So when Deven suggested a day trip, I thought nothing of it. It had been a while and we were dying to take baby J for the first time. We stopped at a brewery for lunch, and then decided to go check out a state park. We walked a trail to the beautiful overlook of Walnut Canyon. As we are taking in the scenery Deven, who was holding Jirayia, says “J and I got you something. It’s in my back pocket.” Not knowing what to expect I pull out a small box, open it, and there’s a note inside that says “Will you do the thing?” Along with a beautiful ring. Let me explain! This is an inside joke between us. We both like to say things like “will you hand me the thing? Will you get the thing? Ya know the thing!” Ya get me, right? Anyways, the scary THING is we totally know what the other is referring to. We’re just that in sync I guess. 🤷🏼‍♀️ So of course, I thought this note was amazing, I knew exactly what he meant and said yes!