Gallery

January 2019 - The first time Nathan (2nd from left) and I (far right) crossed paths as freshmen at Hurricane Harry's dance hall.

Two years later...we cross paths again, and this photo was from our first adventure together on campus during the random snow storm in College Station, Texas.

Ash Wednesday, 2021 - This was taken by a random student as we walked back through campus from mass that snowy day (we have no forehead ashes because of COVID). Note: we weren't officially dating yet!

Nathan and I got to know each other well because we loved taking walks and exploring A&M's campus since we both lived in the Corps dorms. We had a lot of great conversations during these adventures.

March 6, 2021 - Our first official (and very fancy) date at Luigi's! Shout out to my sister Olivia for taking this one! ;)

After our Luigi's date, we decided to continue the night by going back to where we first met by chance over 2 years before - Hurricane Harry's.

This is Nathan with Fr. Chris, an Aggie Catholic priest at St. Mary's (y'all will see him again at the ceremony)! Nathan was welcomed into the fold of the Catholic Church on April 4, 2021.

Earning your Aggie ring is a big deal to students at Texas A&M. Nathan and I dressed up in our nicest uniforms (nicknamed "midnights") for my ring day ceremony. I finally got to 90 credit hours!

What's a nice picture in uniform with your sweetheart without a little kiss on the cheek?

The Corps of Cadets has had a huge influence on the two of us. April 21, 2021: here's a photo of us after the Aggie Muster ceremony - the annual remembrance of all Aggies who have passed on.

A little context: Senior boots are a special privilege to wear in the Corps - only seniors wear them in uniform! At the end of junior year, we got to go crazy the first time wearing them and dress up!

April 2021 - Boot dance is a formal celebration of rising seniors in the Corps earning their boots! Nathan obviously asked me to the dance, and my A-1 buddy Gareth Jukes asked Olivia!

May 2021 - Nathan came to Dallas for my 21st birthday! Here we are in front of the mosaic at the Dallas Museum of Art.

June 2021 - I was able to go to Port Aransas with Nathan's family for a beach trip! Here he is shown rescuing me. Check out our accidentally matching swimsuits! Super cute if I do say so myself.

Last summer, Nathan went to training at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. It had been a while since we'd seen each other, but we were reunited in San Antonio, close to Boerne, where his family lives.

If you're interested in Aggie traditions (or if you want to make fun of us for being a cult), look up Midnight Yell! It's during football season and a lot of fun, and this was our first one as dates!

Ah Aggie football...here, Nathan and I recreated American Gothic. I'm in my Cavalry uniform because I had just ridden a horse, and Nathan's in our everyday "Class Bravos" uniform, along with my hat.

Outfits in the Corps of Cadets have barbeques before some football games, and both of our families came into town for this game! Pictured are his mom, his sister Ella, & Mimi with us and my parents.

Now y'all remember what I said about Aggie rings? Nathan did eventually get his in November of 2021. ;) Here we are with Nathan's granddad, Papa, and his parents.

This sweet photo of us was taken by Nathan's mom right after Nathan picked up his Aggie gold from Kyle Field (which you can barely discern out the window behind us).

There are only so many opportunities to look good in uniform at an Aggie football game! :D Behind us, you can see the Corps fish (freshmen) as they prepare to rush the field after a win from our boys!

Here Nathan, my sister Olivia (our future maid of honor), and Trent (future best man) are flexing at a football game with free headbands. I was with the Cav; all the horse kids missed the headbands :(

End of senior year football season...Nathan and I got to rep our Corps units! I was in Company A-1, "Animal A," and Nathan was in Squadron 8, "Outlaw 8" (he's got on a throwback Animal 8 shirt here).

In this photo, we're standing in front of Aggie Bonfire (kinda cult-y, we know)! As you can maybe tell, it gets super hot! Thankfully, it was cold that night!

We went to our first wedding together on December 18, 2021. Shout out to Wes and Lily Fisher! ;) Behind us is some of the Dallas skyline.

February 26, 2022 - Nathan drove to Houston with my family to cheer me on as I rode with Parsons Mounted Cavalry in the Houston Rodeo Parade!

Here is Nathan holding my energetic horse, Roy, with my mom looking very gleeful nearby!

Nathan and I are so excited to serve in the Air Force together. We were at an air field to see a C-130 but got distracted by the other plane #silly. Here, I'm in my flight suit and he's in his camo.

April 29, 2022 - We got dressed up for Senior Dining Out - the last big event for the Class of 2022 in the Corps (I got to be in a dress instead of uniform for this one)! Also...isn't he handsome??

Us being silly after Senior Dining Out feat. Brock Thompson.

Late April 2022 - Nathan found out he earned a Pilot slot in the United States Air Force!

May 2022 - We had the honor of being present at Trent's (Nathan's best man's) commissioning ceremony into the US Air Force. Note: We'd like to thank Trent for helping us settle differences MANY times.

May 26, 2022 - The day Nathan proposed!!! This was before he proposed, at one of the painted churches in south Texas we visited on our road trip that day.

Probably about 20 minutes before he proposed, Nathan snapped this pic of me in St. John the Baptist's in Ammannsville, TX. He proposed in front of the prayer candles by the American flag on the left.

There was no one else in the church when Nathan proposed, so we took our first pictures as an engaged couple by balancing the phone on the piano's music stand!

Our first wedding (congrats Tommy & Christine!) as an engaged couple!

July 4, 2022 - I can't remember why Nathan was yelling, but this photo makes me laugh so I put it on here.