Gallery

What better place to take engagement photos than the mountains where we first expressed our desire and call to marry one another?

This is the closest thing they have to a first date photo--taken at their second date in the Stockyards (the day Charley asked Jay to be his girlfriend). They spontaneously decided to go ice skating!

Incognito at the Newmie Winter Formal--at this point in time, they'd gone on one date, but it was all very hush hush!

Jay's mom joked that Charley was secretly a drug lord trying to kidnap Jalyn when they went to the Stockyards on a date--giving birth to "El Chapo." What better way to commemorate it than on an apron?

The couple ding-dong-ditched the Bellaire Bunch some flowers (featuring Monica's chicken vase).

Their first concert together! They went to Bob's with Jay's dad and her brother Jarek! So Charley survived meeting some boys of the Gryskie fam ;)

Spring Retreat 2025! (oh how this Jay would be amazed that next year she would be getting engaged in this place!!)

Skittles the lamb! Cuties at a TCU Catholic event!

The couple's first Easter together!

They successfully survived 12+ hours of TCU graduations together! Next time they'd go to one of these, it would be their own!

Charles made the fateful decision to visit Jay's home state of AZ, met with the epic first airport greeting welcoming him home from prison. (ask Kitt for the reactions of other airport people!)

Charley met the Gryskiewicz grandparents!

Of course Jay had to show Charles the animals (Phoenix zoo!)

Taken after an epic paint and switch date!

A long awaited dream come true for Charles: seeing the live action How to Train Your Dragon in theaters!

Their first Fourth of July!!

Jay + Charles in Illinois for the first time!!

Not even libraries are safe from Charles...lib in Naperville, IL!

Blessed to have witnessed Mr. and Mrs. Birbeck become one!

A little at-home country dancing never hurt no one! (Ask us about the peek-a-boo :))

One of the summer bucket list tasks: play catch. I think both would agree it was a success.

Hitting the stockyards with the friends before the start of senior year! *feat the eminent Bernard

Max McNown in concert!! T'was epic...McNown is the first artist these two bonded over!

Charley's fam visited for family weekend!! (minus Laney, she was missed :( )

Charley is an old man! Somehow Jay managed to pull off a surprise party/kidnapping ...shoutout Hayden for putting in the work on the CS project! (Jay will forever say she won since she was Sully).

Kitt visited for fall break! (are Charley's eyes closed in this? yes. Am I (Jay) currently being lazy in not deciding to find a different pic atm? also yes.)

Fall photo sesh with Kitt!

*technically* their first Christmas tree lighting, since last Christmas Jalyn sacrificed Charley to do the iGive Catholic livestream with Catherine.

Get you a man who will willingly build stuffed gingerbread crafts at 10 PM at night at Starbucks! (in case you can't tell, Jay is the one currently writing these captions)

Once again, an epic airport pickup. Kitt and Jamie (Jay's mom and sister) made a wonderful appearance at the Sky Harbor Airport when Charley came at Christmas time, met with lots of giggles.

True story: this depicts Charles being quizzed on Jalyn information. He did indeed pass, with a score above 85% (I believe he got a 92?), extra credit included, to earn Jamie's permission to marry J.

Charleys' first intro to extended fam of Jay's in AZ!