Gallery

Portland, OR! Our very first photo together at the karaoke bar where we met.

Jaret teaching Tess how to surf at the Oregon Coast.

Lake Ossipee, NH! First time meeting Jaret's family on their annual summer camping trip.

Fun Fact: The day Jaret moved to CA to start his next contract, Tess broke her wrist at a Taylor Swift concert. This is us in Cabo on a family trip, halfway through our 3 months of long distance.

Malibu, CA! Our first travel contract where we moved in with each other.

Us in the fall of 2023 at a Halloween fair in the Malibu Canyon.

Tess's first Bruins game! We also rescued our second cat, Zion, off the LA streets this night.

Getting ready for our first road trip with both cats to move from LA to Montana.

Death Valley! Our first stop on our road trip move from LA to Montana.

Whitefish, MT! We moved to the middle of nowhere Montana to spend the winter there. Lots & lots of snowboarding.

Us at the summit of Whitefish Mountain.

Tess's first true winter in Montana. Growing to love having to defrost the cars anytime we left.

Tess's first time shoveling the driveway.

Flathead Lake, Montana! Right down the road from our house. One of many beautiful sunsets over the Mission Mountains.

Glacier National Park! On the days we weren't snowboarding, we were snowshoeing or cross country skiing instead.

Hilo, HI! We spent almost a year on Big Island Hawaii for one of Jaret's nursing contracts.

Our first week living in HI! So many good memories from this chapter of our lives. We accidentally crashed a professional surfer's wedding this day.

More from Hilo, Hi! One of many many beach days.

Us at the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii!

Trudy, our trusty 1992 Camry that took us all over the island.

One of many beach sunset swims in Hawaii.

Jaret fake proposed this night acting like he was getting down on a knee when he was really just picking up his flip flops. He thought he was really funny.

Us on the Napali Coast in Kauai!

Grass Valley, CA! We came out here to spend the winter in Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe! A broken collarbone and another snowboarding season later.

Celebrating Tess's dad's 60th birthday in Tahoe. Right before this photo, Jaret had asked for Tess's parents' permission to marry this weekend.

Feb 27th 2025! The day we got engaged at Mt. Tam in Marin, CA.

We had a beautiful sunset that night.

The day after we got engaged we got our dog, Tahoe!

More from our photoshoot!

More from our engagement shoot!

The beach was sooo cold this day but we had the best time.

Went back to NH to have our engagement party.

Us at Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

More of us in New Hampshire.

Our families got to meet for the first time!

Sonoma, CA! The contract Jaret finally started to enjoy wine and we joined a wine club!