
April 2019 - FaceTime dates when we were long distance

April 2019 - our first photo together! Leaving Lauren’s apartment in Minnesota for the last time to move her and her cats to Arizona

April 2019 - out for dinner in Denver, CO during a stop on our road trip from Minnesota to Arizona

April 2019 - visiting the pool at Lauren’s new Arizona apartment

July 2019 - watching Independence Day fireworks in Flagstaff, AZ to escape the Phoenix heat!

July 2019 - our first trip to the Grand Canyon

August 2019 - out to eat with Colt’s brother Colby in Old Town Scottsdale

August 2019 - hiking in Flagstaff, AZ

August 2019 - our first camping trip together in Flagstaff, AZ

September 2019 - visiting the Grand Canyon for a second time

October 2019 - the beginning of our trip to Yosemite National Park

October 2019 - Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park

October 2019 - we ran into Lauren’s cousin Hannah and her husband Ian in Yosemite! They also planned a road trip to Yosemite from Phoenix the same weekend.

October 2019 - Sequoia National Park and King’s Canyon National Park on the way back from Yosemite

October 2019 - visiting Joshua Tree National Park on Lauren’s birthday

October 2019 - visiting a Mortimer Farms in Dewey-Humbolt, AZ for some autumnal fun

November 2019 - arriving in Atlanta after flying/driving all night to see Colt’s family

December 2019 - hiking in Sedona, AZ

December 2019 - on Devil’s Bridge in Sedona, AZ

December 2019 - decorating Christmas cookies in Iowa City for the annual Greif Christmas celebration

January 2020 - trying out our new inflatable kayak

February 2020 - doing a paint and sip date on Valentine’s Day

February 2020 - the finished paintings which now are in our living room

April 2020 - hiking Wave Cave Trail in the Superstition Mountains

May 2020 - Colt gets a haircut, COVID-style

July 2020 - just before leaving for Seattle to meet up with both of our immediate families

July 2019 - Mount Rainier National Park (notice the ring box in Colt’s hand)

July 25, 2020 - the proposal

July 2020 - Lauren’s engagement ring

July 2020 - on a whale watching tour in Seattle where we saw a humpback whale breach!

August 2020 - hiking around Watson Lake in Prescott, AZ

October 2020 - attending Hannah and Ian’s wedding via Zoom

October 2020 - Pandemic birthday #1

October 2020 - Pandemic birthday #2

November 2020 - we bought matching Christmas pajamas at Target! The cats are lucky they were not forced into these as well

December 2020 - taking our new tent and new cot/air mattress combo out for a spin camping at Lost Dutchman State Park on Apache Junction, AZ

May 2021 - spending the day at a swimming hole along Clear Creek in Arizona on a surprise weekend trip planned by Colt!