Capturing the Adventures

"You may kiss the bride"

We had the time of our lives in Hawaii! Many of these pictures were taken on the road to Hana the day before we officially tied the knot!

April 2021. Swimming in a tide pool in Hawaii.

Quick photoshoot when we decided to postpone our big celebration

Our very first picture together as classmates. We were on a field trip with our senior English class. Who knew, months later, we'd go on our first date :)

Summer 2013. Our first non-selfie picture at Amanda's mom's surprise birthday party.

4th of July 2013. A ride in Mindy and Eddie's Jeep!

Summer 2013. Our first fiesta before we started college.

Summer 2013. We had so much fun becoming best friends that summer

New Year 2014 at Kylee's house

Spring 2014. Amanda's belated 19th birthday weekend in Chicago

Summer 2014. Summer celebrations at the University of Chicago

Summer 2014. Cedar Point trip with Kylee, Jake, and Jackie

Summer 2014. Our caricature from Cedar Point

Fall 2014. Our traditional "goodbye" fiesta as Amanda started classes back up at ISU.

Halloween 2014. Peace, love, and DIY costumes <3

Winter 2015. Mike came to cheer on Amanda during a Redline Express Dance Team performance at ISU

Summer 2015. A summer filled with boat rides thanks to Mike's job at Entertainment Cruises.

Summer 2015. One of our many midwest road trips.

Summer 2015. One of our adventures to Six Flags.

Fall 2015. We were spectators at an ISU football game, and Reggie photo bombed!

Halloween 2015. We knew we were time travelers, but nobody else did.

November 2015, Mike's 21st birthday. We went to our first Blackhawk's game!

May 2016. Amanda's graduation from Illinois State University

Fall 2016. We took a weekend trip to New York and had a blast seeing a show, going on Statue of Liberty Cruise, and walking around Central Park.

Spring 2017. We took an amazing trip to Europe. First stop: Santorini, Greece

Spring 2017. Next stop: Italy

Spring 2017. Italy was beautiful and had AMAZING food!

June 2017. Mike's graduation from University of Chicago

4th of July 2017. We took a weekend trip to Nashville!

September 2017. Our last Chicago beach day of that summer! We love beach days.

Christmas 2017. Our 5th Christmas celebrated together.

New Year 2018 at our first apartment we shared with each other and some friends.

April 2018. We love visiting Amanda's niece and nephews! This was Elliot's second birthday party!

August 2018. Mike's cousin Kalie had a fun birthday party. There was obviously a lot of laughter along with some Taco Bell and bug bites.

October 2018. We loved being members of the Morton Arboretum for the year. We found all of the trolls.

Halloween 2018. We had to pick up last minute costumes after seeing the Halloween movie.

Christmas 2018. Our first Christmas in our first home! We added Roofus to the family just in time for Christmas, too!

New Year 2019. Kicking off a big year at a comedy show with some friends.

March 2019. We took Roofus on his first road trip to Starved Rock, and he LOVED hiking with us all day.

May 28th, 2019 (pictured June 2019) WE'RE ENGAGED :D

Summer 2019. Celebrating Mike's cousin, Kalie, at her graduation party.

Summer 2019. We had a fun trip to Denver, CO to visit Mike's cousin Matt. There was a beautiful rainbow at the end of our hike at Red Rocks.

Summer 2019. Denver Botanical Gardens were beautiful!

Summer 2019. We had an amazing time hiking through the mountains in Colorado (even if altitude sickness got the best of one of us).

September 2019. Mike was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame through Minooka Community High School for being on the wrestling team that won a State Championship.

September 2019. Mike and Amanda threw a birthday party for Roofus, and some of their favorite little friends attended the party!

Halloween 2019. Thing 1, Thing 2, and The Cat (dog) in the Hat, of course!

Thanksgiving 2019. Mike and Amanda were lucky enough to join Mike's family in Mexico for Thanksgiving!

Winter 2019. Mike and Amanda love to go to the Morton Arboretum for the winter lights show every year!

January 2020. Mike and Amanda attended a beautiful Celebration of Life ceremony for a dear friend, Tammie.