
Joshua Tree National Park, our most recent road trip in March of this year to see family and friends in California

One of our favorite hikes, Garden of the Gods just 1.5 hours south of us in Colorado Springs

Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park

The first of many road trips to Moab, UT

B.A.R.K. Ranger Doah on our hike to Corona and Bowtie Arches just outside of Arches and Canyonlands National Park

Selfie under Double Arch in Arches National Park

The most beautiful hiking spot in Fairplay, CO. Thanks to Matthew for taking this photo while none of us could feel our faces because it was so cold

Doing Colorado things and cutting down our first (Charlie Brown) Christmas tree together

Taken after our celebratory post engagement lunch in Telluride

Another beautiful Colorado hike

My favorite picture of Joey and Doah sitting on the rock where Joey proposed moments later

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, 2022

Loaded up the cars and moved to Colorado in August 2022. This photo was taken at a pit stop in Badlands National Park where it was a whopping 105 degrees!

The most beautiful spot in the state of Colorado aka Blue Lakes Hike in Ridgeway where we got engaged, 9/4/2022

Doah and Mr. Brown doing both of their favorite summertime activity; riding the pontoon boat!

‘Road to Hana’ in Maui, 2022

Revisiting the first National Park we experienced to together, Haleakalā NP

The best people in the best place

One of our favorite adventures with Jessie and Ian

A very slippery but beautiful hike to Waihe’e Ridge

Our favorite hike just outside of Shenandoah National Park

The best part of living in Northern Virginia in the spring time

Hiking through the hoodoo’s in Bryce Canyon National Park, 2022

Lower Antelope Canyon tour, 2022

Lower Antelope Canyon tour, 2022

Impromptu boat tour on Lake Powell

Horseshoe Bend, 2022

“Where are the faces... of the Presidents?”

Beautiful sunrise in Sedona, 2022. We raced to the end of the trail for our sunrise view only to discover that we were on the wrong trail..

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, 2022

Sedona, 2022

Hiking in Sedona, AZ in 2022

We finally made it to Arizona after a two-year delay from covid. This was our first stop on our road trip: Petrified Forest NP

We took a trip to Monticello in Charlottesville, VA for Elise's birthday last year.

Acadia National Park, 2021

Exploring Mammoth Cave National Park above ground with Doah

Our final selfie of the trip after completing the
#3duneschallenge at Indiana Dunes National
Park. Puppy Doah was very tired from climbing and eating too much sand.

Sunrise at Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, 2021

Doah’s first snowfall in Northern Virginia, January 2021

The day we met miss Doah, December 2020

Enjoying the sunset on Chappy Beach with Cara and JJ, 2021

Gateway Arch, our first National Parks roadtrip with the newest addition to our family

Shenandoah National Park, 2021

Doah’s first National Park and her namesake, Shenandoah.

One of our many trips to Shenandoah National Park with Fergie and the Brown family

Doah and Fergie taking a break from wrestling in the sand; Jensen Beach, FL

Doah’s first (very scary) trip to the ocean

Covid Christmas in Florida with the Brown family. We are so lucky we got to stay for almost a month.

A recreation of Joe's favorite photo op from his first trip to DC as a resident of Virginia

Kayaking on Pyramid Lake in Jasper NP

Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada in 2019

Foggy hike in Banff, 2019

Lake Agnes, where our love and fascination of alpine lakes began

Overlooking Jenny Lake in our favorite National Park, Grand Tetons

Grassi Lakes hike in Canmore, Canada

Heaven on Earth. This was hands down the best air bnb experience we’ve ever had traveling through Big Sky, Montana. We stayed on a farm with 10 horses and 4 dogs. We can’t wait to return sometime soon

When we fell in love with National Parks. Gardiner, Montana, 2022

Rocky Mountain National Park in 2019, one of the reasons we decided to move to Colorado last year

Colorado Springs, our first selfie on our western road trip in 2019 to celebrate Elise’s graduation from Marymount University

Elise’s graduation day from Marymount University, May 2019

One of several dinner dates at the wharf in DC watching the fireworks on 4th of July

Swimming at Black Sand beach while traveling the ‘Road to Hana’

Joey’s unofficial interview as first mate of ‘Home Run’

Joey’s first adventure out to sea on ‘Home Run’ with Captain Brown and company

Snorkeling Molokini Crater in 2018

Elise’s first trip to Maui with the Fairbanks family in 2018, celebrating Jenna’s High School graduation and Joe and Marty-ann’s 25th wedding anniversary

Graduation day from High Point University, 2017

Our first Pens game (Elise has been a die hard fan ever since)

My first trip to DC to visit Elise when I was still living in North Carolina, 2017

Joey’s first trip to Martha’s Vineyard in 2018

Summer of 2016- when the love affair began

One of our favorite summertime activities; sailing over to Martha’s Vineyard.

Kelly and Stevens wedding in 2017

Our last Kappa Delta formal together at High Point. A couple hours after this photo was taken, we got in the car to drive to Washington, DC so I (Elise) could interview at Marymount University.

Our first summer together in 2016 visiting Lake
George