We're getting married!

If this story has a proper beginning, it is probably with their friend Jenna. When Taylor was eleven, Jenna looked at her completely serious and said, “You are going to marry my best friend Nate.” Taylor had not even met him yet. When Taylor and Nate finally met at fourteen, they clicked fast. They bonded over being outside, hiking, skiing, and snowboarding, and before long they were hanging out all the time. By their sophomore year, they shared their first dance at homecoming. It seemed small at the time, but looking back, it feels like the start of everything. Their friendship turned into something more that winter. Between school, practice, and weekends at the mountain, with Taylor skiing and Nate snowboarding, they found their rhythm. Their moms became the unofficial chauffeurs, always shuttling them and friends Jared, Will, Tom, and Graeme to the slopes or wherever the day led. On one snowed-out day from school, Nate finally asked Taylor to be his girlfriend. Those early years were simple and fun: pizza nights, bowling with Macy and Marcus, weekend adventures in the White Mountains, and a whole lot of laughing. Even as a teenage boyfriend, Nate showed up for Taylor in real ways. He picked her up for school every day, waited for her after practice, and stayed steady in the middle of all the chaos of growing up. College was their first real challenge. It was the first time they had to build lives separately, navigate distance, and figure out who they were. What usually ends high school relationships actually made theirs stronger. They learned how to communicate, how to support each other, and how to grow without growing apart. After graduation, they found their footing in the real world. They moved into their first apartment in Holderness, started building their careers, and slowly created a life that felt like theirs. Their love for exploring took them everywhere, from the White Mountains to Paris and London, from the ring road of Iceland to Hawaiian beaches, and across Arizona and Utah. In June of 2025, on one of their favorite mountains, Nate built a small cairn and spelled out “Will you marry me,” complete with a backwards question mark. It was perfectly imperfect, which made it even better. They celebrated that night by camping with friends and made a promise to keep adding to that cairn and to bring their future children and grandchildren back someday. That summer they made a deal. Taylor would plan the wedding, and Nate would build the house. It was simple, fair, and exactly right for them. Through every chapter, including snow days, ski trips, college goodbyes, late night drives, long road trips, and quiet nights at home, they have built something steady, joyful, and completely their own. Now, with their favorite people beside them, they are ready for the next adventure: a marriage rooted in friendship, laughter, and a love that keeps getting stronger with time.