
March 2017: We first met at a week-long Model UN conference in Montréal, when we were in the same committee. We started a friendship that lasted for years! This is our "first picture together".

January 2020: After John graduated, we didn't know if we would see each other again. We reconnected when Isa had a long layover in Atlanta, and started officially dating after a weekend in Charleston!

February 2020: We got to visit each other's homes over the next couple months. Isa accidentally let it slip that she loved John right after this picture was taken- oops!

May 2020: Most of our time together in 2020 was spent in Columbus. Isa got to watch John graduate IBOLC, John got to watch Isa (virtually) graduate from college, and we saw a LOT of rural Georgia!

December 2020: We moved to upstate New York! We lived in a historic house in Watertown, New York, while John was stationed at Fort Drum.

January 2021: We adopted our two guinea pigs, Roosevelt and Fillmore! We've since expanded to a family of 5, and John is still a reluctant guinea pig dad.

September 2021: We got to explore all over upstate New York- from camping in the Adirondacks, to hitting the slopes (at very different skill levels), to taking boats out on the St Lawrence River!

August 2022: We spent the next year continuing to make the most of upstate New York....and officially became Bills fans. This was a BIG moment.

September 2022: We got engaged!!!!! Best day ever.

December 2022: We got to celebrate our engagement in Florida with our families and our Florida friends!

March 2023: We took our engagement photos at the DC cherry blossoms!

May 2023: We ran our first half marathon together! (although John had already run a few marathons!)

June 2023: We got to go to Tahiti with the Lovains right before John left for deployment in Baghdad, Iraq.

November 2023: John came back from Iraq just in time for Thanksgiving!

January 2024: After 3 years in Watertown, it was time to move! We did a cross-country road trip, and got to see friends, family, and new cities along the way.

February 2024: We officially got settled in Sierra Vista, Arizona! It's been so fun spending this next chapter exploring the Southwest and hiking as much as possible.