Our Story

We met at the Dram Shop in downtown Missoula in April 2018. It's been a special spot ever since.

Our first photo together: canoeing on the Clearwater River for Jack's birthday. (August 2018)

We first said "I love you" on Hadley's birthday backpacking trip to Heart Lake in the Great Burn. (September 2018)

We've always shared a love of movies - here we are as Max and Herman from Wes Anderson's "Rushmore." (October 2018)

In our first 1.5 years of dating, Hadley lived in Helena and Jack was in Missoula. We spent our weekends driving back and forth, finding new adventures along the way. (October 2018)

We played a lot of Gin Rummy in our early dating days. We both had to learn how to lose well! (January 2019)

It's no secret that we love to travel. Our first "big trip" together was to Portland and the Oregon coast. (March 2019)

In summer 2019, we moved into our first home together on Johnson Street in Missoula. (July 2019)

We've always connected over a love of music. One of our first dates was seeing Bon Iver at Kettlehouse Amphitheater; this is us the 2nd time we saw him there. (September 2019)

We love spending time in Montana's great outdoors together. (February 2020)

Hadley was accepted into a Master's program in Dublin, and we started planning an international move together. (February 2020)

Jack shared his love of Mexico on our first international trip together to Oaxaca. (March 2020)

We love going to the movies and have enjoyed discovering our favorite cinema in each place we've called home. (August 2020)

As we planned our move to Ireland, we spent as much time as possible enjoying the magic of Montana. (August 2020)

We loved hosting friends and family at our home in Missoula. Here we are as Jerry Garcia and Stevie Nicks at our Halloween party. (October 2020)

After over a year of anticipation, we packed up our lives in Missoula and prepared for our next big adventure in Ireland. (August 2021)

Moving to a new continent together was scary and emotional - but we learned that we can do hard things together. (August 2021)

We avoided major homesickness by finding opportunities to hike and enjoy the outdoors in our new home. (October 2021)

On Hadley's first school break, we spent an amazing week in Crete. Little did we know, Greece would become our home in a few short years. (October 2021)

We spent our first Christmas away from home on the island of Inis Mor on the west coast of Ireland. (December 2021)

We fell in love with Ireland by taking every chance we got to leave the city and discover wild places. (February 2022)

We *almost* summited Ireland's largest peak, Carrauntoohil. (March 2022)

Taking full advantage of our relatively easy access to mainland Europe, we celebrated our 4th anniversary with a trip to Paris. (April 2022)

We got dressed up to celebrate Hadley's life as a student at the annual Trinity Ball. (April 2022)

Dublin started to truly feel like home as we discovered hidden corners and welcomed visiting family and friends. (June 2022)

We enjoyed our fair share of the national beverage and fell in love with Irish pub culture and trad music. (July 2022)

We fell in love with exploring new cuisines and got spoiled by the incredible seafood in Ireland - especially the oysters! (July 2022)

We celebrated Hadley completing her thesis and turning 29 with an incredible trip to the Aeolian Islands, off the northern coast of Sicily. (September 2022)

After over a year of living abroad, we made our first trip back home for the holidays. (December 2022)

With both of us working remotely, we decided 2023 would be a year of travel. We started our adventures with a roadtrip in Northern Ireland. (January 2023)

We spent a few cozy weeks in Asturias and Cantabria, Northern Spain. (February 2023)

We continued the adventure with a visit to friends in the Netherlands. (March 2023)

.We met Hadley's parents for a beautiful trip to the South of France. (March 2023)

Hadley graduated with her MPhil from Trinity College Dublin. (April 2023)

Next we travelled to Ethiopia, a country that was entirely new to both of us. Coffee just hasn't been the same since. (April 2023)

We had a truly memorable trip to Kenya. It was a highlight to see Jack witness his lifelong favorite animal, the rhino. (April-May 2023)

Next, we spent a truly magical week along the Zambezi River in Zambia - and even survived canoeing with hippos! (May 2023)

For the summer of 2023, we relocated to Greece for 3 months for Hadley's work. A major highlight was Hadley finally joining Jack as a certified scuba diver! (August 2023)

Next in our travel year, we visited Portugal. Hadley discovered her love for port wine. (September 2023)

On our last stop before heading back to Ireland, we experienced the breathtaking views of the Italian Dolomites with Jack's parents. (September 2023)

After nearly a full year away, we returned to Ireland for some much-needed time at home. (November 2023)

Jack surprised Hadley by popping the question on a Christmas Day walk in Phoenix Park! Contrary to how it looks, Hadley was overjoyed. (December 2023)

We spent the first months of 2024 enjoying our cozy home in Chapelizod, soaking up the beauty of Ireland, and enjoying our adopted city of Dublin. (April 2024)

In the spring, we returned to Greece for Hadley's work and confirmed our dream to move there full-time. (May 2024)

We spent a sweet month enjoying summer in Montana and earnestly beginning our wedding preparations. (June 2024)

We spent the final months of summer in Ireland, enjoying every last moment in the country that had been our home for 3 years. (September 2024)

We officially made the move to Athens, found an apartment, and started settling into our new city. (October 2024)

We celebrated our engagement with family and friends in Montana for Christmas 2024. We can't wait to see you all in Big Sky Country in August 2025!