We met senior year of high school in 2009 through mutual friends and realized an instant connection, and what started as a great friendship grew into something more. After graduation, we started dating and had a great first summer getting to know each other and preparing for college. From then to now we have learned, experienced, succeeded, failed, grown and flourished into the people we are today - because we had each other. We feel so blessed to have each other and our amazing family and friends in our lives and can't wait to embark on this journey together.

As a graduation, birthday, and Christmas gift - we took a trip to Denver, Colorado to ring in the new year! We enjoyed lots of great food, the city and even made sure to make it to the Denver Zoo. During the holidays the zoo hosts Zoo Lights, which has always been an event we attend around Christmas in Arizona. So James planned a night for us to go enjoy the lights, apple cider and the weather (it was very cold but if you know us you know we love cold weather!). After making a complete lap around the zoo we started to head out to go to dinner. There was one perfect moment when we were all alone and that's when James said how much he loved me and got down on one knee and asked me to spend forever with him. Denver and the Denver Zoo will always hold a special place in our hearts!