Gallery

This picture was taken on my 19th birthday - the night before our first date! At this point, we had been talking for a few weeks, and I was really nervous to meet Zach, but also excited!

March 14, 2019 - This was one of the very first pics that we took together. It was also two days after he officially asked me to be his girlfriend!

March 30, 2019 - When we first started dating, we loved going to broadway on the weekends. I always looked forward to our date nights!

May 3, 2019 - This was a few months into dating, and our first time going to the Opryland Resort. We walked around, talked, and laughed for hours.

May 4, 2019 - Zach was a groomsman in his friend, Ryan's, wedding, and he brought me along as his date! At this point we knew we wanted to marry each other too!

May 19, 2019 - Zach drove all the way to Chicago to come visit me for a week, and this is us up in the glass box at the top of the Willis tower in downtown Chicago!

July 16, 2019 - Reunited after a few months of doing long distance! Long distance was tough, but it strengthened our relationship and love for each other!

August 9, 2019 - Our first concert together, and Zach's second time coming to visit me in IL

August 22, 2019 - Our first Titans game together! Zach definitely converted me to a Titans/Preds fan over the years.

September 12, 2019 - This was 6 months into dating! This was also taken at Zach's old apartment: the place he told me he first loved me!

October 13, 2019 - Us at Honeysuckle Hill Farm!

November 16, 2019 - We took our first Christmas photos together while drinking hot cocoa and looking at the lights!

February 29, 2020 - Us at FGL house with one of our friends, Jordan. He quickly became known as "our son." All of Zach's friends became family to me too!

April 2, 2020 - This picture was taken in quarantine. I convinced my parents to let Zach come back with us to IL, and we loved going on walks/hikes. It was a crazy time!

April 16, 2020 - Eventually we had to take Zach back to TN, and I had to move out of my dorm. This was one of my favorite pics because I've never seen broadway so empty!

July 26, 2020 - White water rafting together. To this day, this is one of my favorite memories with Zach and my family together!

September 7, 2020 - Boating with Zach's family and a few of their friends. Over the course of the past year, I had grown to love his family as my own!

September 28, 2020 - Another outing downtown!

October 6, 2020 - Photo of us at one of Riley's football games (Zach's brother).

October 13, 2020 - Going on a fall hike together at Radnor Lake State Park! Outdoor activities are one of our favorite things to do.

October 31, 2020 - We hosted a Halloween party and dressed up as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy from Spongebob!

December 13, 2020 - This picture was from a photoshoot that Zach and I did together. I love this picture because it reminds me just how much Zach has helped me grow in my faith.

December 15, 2020 - This picture was from Joe's 'Head Over Wheels' music video that Zach and I got to be apart of. It was a very cool experience!

December 31, 2020 - After Christmas, my family took a trip to Gatlinburg, and Zach got to tag along with us - our first vacation together! This was taken from the top of the sky bridge.

February 14, 2021 - We spent Valentine's Day cooking and staying inside because of the snowstorm that hit Nashville!

March 13, 2021 - We celebrated our 2 year anniversary a day late at one of our favorite restaurants. We couldn't eat dinner until 9 pm, which is why Zach looks hungry and tired haha!

April 14, 2021 - I took Zach to go shooting on an archery trail. I was excited that I finally got to show him how to shoot a bow!

May 27, 2021 - I was taking a photography class for school, and this picture was the result of a late night, last-minute photoshoot. He always supported me when it came to school!

May 30, 2021 - We had family and friends in town, so a group of us went to Sushi Train. It was all you can eat. Challenge accepted!

June 1, 2021 - My family has always been big on escape rooms. Even though we were on the losing team, it was still a fun memory!

July 2, 2021 - Celebrating 4th of July at our church!

August 7, 2021 - Us with Riley! This was taken at the race that came to Nashville.

September 4, 2021 - We went on a trip over Labor Day weekend in Panama City Beach with our friends. This was the morning we left for the trip!

September 5, 2021 - One of my favorite pictures together from Panama City Beach!

September 22, 2021 - Zach and I decided to get a dog together! This is the first picture of Groot, our German Shepherd fur baby!

September 24, 2021 - Group outing to Cracker Barrel dressed in flannels.

October 22, 2021 - Another Halloween party! My family knows how to dress up for sure.

October 24, 2021 - This picture was taken at our friends Tanner and Madison's wedding, and little did I know we would get married less than a year later!

December 3, 2021 - We got matching PJs and watched Christmas movies!

December 17, 2021 - My graduation from Belmont along with Nick! It was such special memory, especially since Belmont is technically where Zach and I first met!

December 31, 2021 - We celebrated New Year's Eve with John, playing just dance and drinking wine, which in my opinion is the best way to spend the night!

January 6, 2022 - Nashville got a huge snow storm, so we spent the day outside with Joe and Macey, attempting to shovel the driveway and hiking to the gas station down the street for fun.

February 14, 2022 - Valentine's Day!

February 20, 2022 - Nashville got some warm weather, so we went on a hike with Groot!

March 5, 2022 - We took a little trip back to IL for Joe/Macey's engagement party and to celebrate my birthday. Secretly, Zach used this as an opportunity to ask my Dad if we could get married!

March 12, 2022 - Our 3 year anniversary! I had a feeling that Zach might try and propose that day, but he never did, which threw me off of his trail.

March 14, 2022 - The day Zach proposed! We spent the day downtown, and he proposed on top of the pedestrian bridge - the place we first realized we loved each other!

March 20, 2022 - We took our engagement photos and started the wedding planning process!