Our story began on a late fall night in 2023, where a chance meeting between a Fairbanks local and a soldier from Southeast Texas turned into a conversation that lasted until sunrise. Though our paths drifted, we found our way back to one another just weeks later and have been inseparable ever since. In February 2025, while visiting the Texas coast, Hayden proposed at the water’s edge on Galveston Island. Today, we are excited to build our life together, centered on our love of adventure, and our two dogs Otis and Copper. We are excited to welcome our friends and family together, in the place where it all began.