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8/29/20: It was super hot but we both toughed it out to spend time together at the Fort Worth Botanical Garden, the only evidence a grainy snapchat picture!

10/24/20: Before becoming official Nate had to be tested, he passed and has voted in alignment with Jackie ever since! (allegedly) We basically hung out every day after this all the time!

10/25/20: After some friendly shopping, Nate asked Jackie if she wanted to eat & where, Jackie said TGI Fridays, Nate then said "Do you want to go on a date to TGI Fridays?" Our first official date!

11/6/20: We had tacos at Jackie's favorite place and then played mini-golf and took lots of cute pictures outside!

11/7/20: Nate asked Jackie to be his girlfriend officially! Nate's sister, Hannah, (jokingly) told Nate to have the same anniversary as her... he took it seriously.

11/29/20: Our first time spending Nate's birthday together!

4/27/21: The nefarious activities Nate and Jackie were up to that upset her parents so much they kicked her out this exact night...voting.

10/27/21: Nate playing soccer in college and Jackie being right there on the sideline! (as always)

11/7/21: Our 1 year anniversary!

11/14/21: The day we adopted Mia! Jackie chose her because it was half-price to adopt her compared to the other cats, no one ever tell her!

11/25/21: Our first Thanksgiving dinner! (Thanks Jennifer for always making us take pictures.)

12/24/21: Our first Christmas with Mia, our firstborn!

12/25/21: Christmas Day! This is the year Nate got Jackie the "N" necklace that she still wears to this day.

1/8/22: Our first time in Austin, Texas together!

5/13/22: The first graduation we went through together, Jackie's graduation from UTA for undergrad!

6/11/22: First time at the lakehouse! One of our favorite pictures ever.

7/9/22: Pictures in front of the Austin skyline Nate will one day propose under. Little did we know!

8/14/22: Nate dropping Jackie off in Lubbock for law school </3

2/14/23: Even with the distance, Nate always got Jackie her Valentine's Day flowers!

4/15/23: Nate going to Lubbock for Jackie's first law prom!

7/29/23: Watching Barcelona play at the AT&T stadium! (Lamine Yamal was there Nate basically discovered him.)

11/23/23: More Thanksgiving dinner! Jackie came to her senses and got rid of the blonde hair.

12/20/23: Our first time going ice skating! (We didn't fall... that much!)

1/22/24: More soccer! This time we got to watch Messi play, best day of Nate's life, no way the wedding tops this!

2/16/24: One of Jackie's favorite birthdays! The photos were meant to have different backgrounds, a rollercoaster, pyramids... the photo booth tricked us, so now it's just silly!

2/24/24: Jackie drove to Lubbock and then back 3 days later to be at Izabella and Ever's gender reveal and then we made our first trip to the casino! You gotta love Oklahoma.

3/13/24: Our first Mavs game together!

3/14/24: After several years we finally made it to Texas Tulips!

4/6/24: Jackie's second (and last) law prom!

4/16/24: Nate picks up Artemis and adopts her from her old family and our secondborn enters the picture!

5/11/24: Our second graduation we went through, Nate's graduation from Texas Wesleyan!

6/15/24: Nate's turn to go blonde!

6/26/24: Nate was able to secure suite tickets for Jackie and her friends (and him) to go to a Megan the Stallion concert!

7/14/24: Lakehouse Lake Picture II

8/19/24: The picture Nate took of Jackie (while he was half awake) of her leaving for her last first day of law school! (and school forever)

11/7/24: Our 4 year anniversary and the first time we had dinner at a restaurant so fancy it served foods on the menu that we had never even heard of before!

11/28/24: Our first Thanksgiving with Artemis!

11/24/24: Jackie throwing Nate a surprise birthday party at a futsal facility so he could play with his friends!

12/4/24: Nate winning yet another trophy! (Will he ever stop?) Jackie doing her favorite thing ever (watching Nate play in -12 degree weather).

12/21/24: Another trip to Austin! This one was to see Christmas lights.

12/24/2024: Jackie's first Christmas Eve officially moved back from Lubbock!

12/25/24: Our first Christmas together with our entire little family! We also built our first piece of furniture together this day, it was nightstands we got for Christmas!

12/30/24: Nate purchased his own car! Jackie really negotiated with the dealership and got almost $10k off the retail price! (Perks of dating a lawyer)

12/31/24: Going into Nate's second job on NYE so he could get some work done. Nate had 2 jobs at one time to make extra money while Jackie did an unpaid externship and so she could study for the Bar!

1/10/25: Artemis' first time in the snow!

2/8/25: Our Troy and Gabriella moment doing Karaoke with Jackie's friends for her 24th birthday!

3/17/25: Taking Jackie's law school graduation pictures!

5/17/25: The third and final graduation we went through together, Jackie's law school graduation from Texas Tech!

5/17/25: Celebrating after the graduation! One of our favorite pictures of us of all time.

6/10/25: The dr's appointment where we found out it would cost $4,000 for Jackie to get surgery during bar prep. Nate offered to pay for the entire thing, thankfully he didn't end up having to!

8/11/25: Jackie with the flowers Nate got her for her first day back at work after taking the Bar!

10/10/25: After several years, we finally made it to the State Fair! (Thanks DebnamRust)

10/29/25: Almost 1 full month in our first apartment together!

11/27/25: Our first Thanksgiving in our new neighborhood we love! We spent it watching tv, having chocolate chip pancakes for dinner, and taking Artemis on a lovely walk to her favorite dog park!

12/14/25: Jackie is still watching Nate win more trophies! (In the cold)

12/25/25: Our first Christmas at our first apartment! Will we ever get Artemis to look at the camera and not Mia? We will find out next year!

1/1/26: Celebrating New Years at one of our favorite places! Nate knew he was going to propose on this trip and it was less than 24 hours away.

1/2/26: Grandma Sharon arranged for us to stay at an Airbnb with a beautiful view of the skyline. This was when we checked in and Nate decided he would propose here!

1/2/26: Nate told Jackie they needed to take more pictures with the skyline but at night... little did she know! This was minutes before it happened!

1/2/26: Nate told Jackie he wanted to get a picture of her facing the skyline, he tricked her, took this picture, then got down on one knee before she turned around!

1/2/26: The picture worth a thousand words! It was the main photo we used to tell everyone it finally happened.

1/2/26: It was the most intimate and sweet moment ever. Nate was too nervous to set up his phone to record (didn't want to get caught) but now that moment will remain between us forever!

1/3/26: The next day we searched all of Austin for a photo booth to take these pictures! It was how we announced it on Instagram.

1/10/26: Our first outing as an engaged couple!

2/13/26: Our first trip to NYC ever! It was Nate's present to Jackie for her 25th birthday and we had the best time. We almost didn't come back!

Now we come full circle to our engagement photos which were taken at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, one of the first places we realized we were falling for each other!