Photo Gallery

Line dancing and two-stepping was not Ethan's scene....but Mikaela talked him into it for one night and one night only November 22, 2019 at Banita Creek Hall in Nacogdoches, Texas.

December 14, 2019 at Ethan's graduation from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

On December 26, 2019 was our first "Villars Family Christmas" together in Grapevine, Texas. Mikaela got to meet about 50 of Ethan's family members!

Signed our first apartment lease together on January 4, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Ethan moved to Houston first to start his new full-time job while Mikaela finished school.

All moved into our first apartment together in Houston, Texas on February 1, 2020! Ethan lived here full-time while Mikaela finished her last semester at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Drove down to Galveston, Texas on May 29, 2020 to get in some beach time while Ethan's mom and sister visited us in our new apartment and city.

We kept our weekends busy with trying new things in the area! Horseback riding together on the beaches of Galveston, Texas on July 12, 2020.

On our first vacation together before Mikaela started her first full-time job! First stop was Carlsbad Caverns National Park in Carlsbad, New Mexico on August 16, 2020.

Continued our first vacation together and headed to White Sands National Park in Alamogordo, New Mexico on August 16, 2020.

Continued our first vacation together and headed to Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez, Colorado on August 18, 2020.

During our first vacation together, we stopped and got in almost every river we saw. This is the Animas River in Durango, Colorado on August 18, 2020.

We ended our first vacation together by hiking around Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado on August 21, 2020.

Attended our first wedding together in Nacogdoches, Texas on August 29, 2020.

Dancing at another wedding together, a day before our first anniversary in Tyler, Texas on October 3, 2020.

Checking out the local pumpkin patch in Montgomery, Texas on October 17, 2020.

Our second Christmas together but our first Christmas with our little family in Houston, Texas on December 22, 2020.

Due to COVID, Mikaela couldn't walk the stage when she graduated in Spring 2020. Luckily she was given to walk the stage the next year in Nacogdoches, Texas on May 7, 2021.

On our second vacation together with Ethan's mom and sister at Grand Teton National Park in Jenny Lake, Wyoming on May 23, 2021.

Continued our second vacation together with Ethan's mom and sister overlooking of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on May 26, 2021.

Overlooking the Yellowstone Rive on our second vacation together with Ethan's mom and sister in Gardiner, Montana on May 27, 2021.

We were able to get a great view of the Grand Tetons at the end of our second vacation together with Ethan's mom and sister in Moose, Wyoming on May 28, 2021.

Our first Astros vs. Rangers game at Minute Maid Stadium in Houston, Texas on July 24, 2021. Go Rangers!

Brew at the Zoo event at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas on September 21, 2021.

Taking Zuke to the local pumpkin patch for the first time in Tomball, Texas on October 17, 2021! He dressed up as a bat.

Our third Thanksgiving together with Ethan's dad's side of the family in Duncanville, Texas on November 25, 2021.

Our third Christmas together and our yearly family photo (minus Olive) in Arlington, Texas on December 25, 2021.

Our second Easter together at Ethan's aunt's house in Grand Prairie, Texas on April 17, 2022.

Celebrating Mikaela's 24th birthday together at Schlitterbahn Water Park in New Braunfels, Texas on June 29, 2022.

Taking our first cooking class together at Well Done Cooking Classes in Houston, Texas on August 6, 2022. We made bread, pizza, and cinnamon rolls!

About to leave for Ethan's first in-person Dallas Cowboys game as an anniversary gift on September 11, 2022 in Arlington, Texas.

Attending the last Battle of the Piney Woods between SFA and SHSU with friends at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on October 1, 2022.

At an ABBA disco party at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, Texas on December 3, 2022.

Our third Christmas together where we ended the night singing karaoke with Ethan's family in Arlington, Texas on December 25, 2022.

Exploring the greenspace and trails in Austin, Texas with Zuke and friends on January 14, 2023.

Attended the Houston Rodeo where we got to see Turnpike Troubadours after the rodeo in Houston, Texas on March 11, 2023.

Kayaking in Lake Houston. After first launching Ethan immediately flipped his kayak... In Houston, Texas on April 1, 2023.

Getting ready to go on a dolphin tour to kick off our third vacation together in Tybee Island, Georgia on May 6, 2023.

Continued our third vacation together with visiting the beaches of Charleston, South Carolina on May 9, 2023.

Finished off our third vacation together with a visit to Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi River in the Blue Ride Mountain Range of Asheville, North Carolina on May 11, 2023.

Visiting friends and getting some of Texas' best BBQ at Salt Lick BBQ in Austin, Texas on June 3, 2023.

Attended another one of many Astros vs. Rangers at Minute Maid Stadium in Houston, Texas on July 26, 2023. Go Rangers!

Joined some of Ethan's cousins and their friends for a night at a local comedy club in Houston, Texas on September 9, 2023.

Mikaela had a family friendly work event at the Moody Gardens which Ethan got to visit for the first time in Galveston, Texas on September 19, 2023.

Attended Austin City Limits for the first time together with friends and family for a weekend filled with music and food! In Austin, Texas on October 14, 2023.

After more than four years together, Ethan proposed to Mikaela in the Azalea Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University where they first met in 2016. In Nacogdoches, Texas on October 21, 2023.

Of course, Mikaela said yes! We took more pictures throughout the gardens in Nacogdoches, Texas on October 21, 2023.

More pictures right next to our favorite area in the gardens in Nacogdoches, Texas on October 21, 2023.

Up close picture of the ring in its box in Nacogdoches, Texas on October 21, 2023.