We all know there isn't too much to do in a small town... Zach and Lisa-Marie met at local bar in Le Mars, IA. They hit it off right away and learned they had much in common. Both grew up by the ocean, both liked the outdoors, and both liked just having fun! They started off as friends before Zach made it official January 30th, 2021. Zach and Lisa-Marie love to tell people how Zach is from the Pacific Northwest Coast and Lisa-Marie is from the Northeast Coast and they met somehow in the middle! Que the song "Stuck in the middle with you"

They spent Christmas in Arizona with Zach's parents Randy and Candy, his brother Sean, his sister-in-law Janet, and his niece and nephew Melanie and Jacoby. Zach had planned for months without Lisa-Marie knowing that he would be popping the question on vacation. They all went up to the Grand Canyon on Christmas day. Zach and Lisa-Marie drove up in the Mustang they rented for the week. Once they all got there they began exploring all the sights to see. They started at one look out point and worked our way down to a geology exhibit. At this point they had to decide whether they were going to walk the rest of the way and hike back up when it was cold and dark, or if they would hope for the shuttle. Lisa-Marie already being cold made it very known she wanted the shuttle. Once they hiked through the trail stopping at all the magnificent look outs, they had made it down to the village area. They browsed the gift shop and then found the shuttle back to the top. After getting off the shuttle bus they all hustled back to the first look out point they had gone to in hopes of catching a glimpse of the sunset. Once they realized there would be not much of a sunset, Lisa-Marie was ready to find warmth and leave. Zach however insisted on taking one more photo at the look out. Candy with camera in hand took the picture. Next thing Lisa-Marie knew Zach was down on one knee asking her to spend forever with him. Of course she said yes!