We're getting married!

Eliany: We met at Freedom High School when we were just kids—14 and 15. From the moment I saw him, I noticed him right away: skinny jeans, flippy hair, Toms… He was my biggest crush!!!!!!!!! He was my dream guy, and on top of it all, HE WAS SO NICE!!! This was the era where FB and IG first became a thing, and I remember we added each other and never lost touch, til this day. I knew Justin loved the outdoors and mountains, which is why in 2019 he was the first person I messaged to let him know I was hiking the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. I saw Justin's journey through the Pacific Crest Trail in 2021-2023, living in Las Vegas, and wanting to know so much more about him! Even as life took us in different directions, we never truly lost touch. We stayed connected in the little ways—birthday messages, check-ins, and cheering each other on from afar. I watched him chase adventure, hiking mountain ranges and the PCT. He watched me grow, accomplish my goals, and become who I am today. He was always that person… the one who never quite left my heart. Justin: I met Eliany back in high school. Even though we were in different grades, I always noticed her. She had this style about her: glasses, outfits, the music she listened to… she was in the same scene as me, liked the same bands (Emarosa!!!!). I remember thinking she was the cutest girl, but I mostly admired her from a distance. We became friends, and even back then, there was just something about her. Life moved on the way it does, school, growing up, going in different directions, but I never really stopped keeping up with her. I watched her accomplish so much over the years, hitting her goals, building her life, and I was always proud of her, even if it was quietly. We stayed in touch in small ways. I made sure to wish her a happy birthday every year. We’d check in here and there. It was never constant, but it was never gone either. There were moments that stuck with me, like her mountain adventures and graduation. It made me smile, because it felt like we were living different versions of the same kind of life. And then in 2025, something shifted. What would usually be a quick check-in turned into real conversations. And for the first time, we didn’t stop talking. It felt easy. Like no time had passed, like we had always been part of each other’s lives in a way that never really went away. She came into my life again at a time I really needed it. And this time, instead of letting life take us in different directions, we chose to stay. Looking back, I think I always knew there was something there. We just needed the right time to finally see it through. Us: What we had all along finally found its moment—and the rest is history.