how we got here
Five small chapters. They got us to a long weekend on the lake.
a broken calf machine
“stay on that machine too long and you'll walk in circles.”
Josh walked up to Ivana at the gym, deadpan. (The machine was broken.) She told him her name. He awkwardly run-walked away. We've been laughing about it ever since.
four dates in one day
“a hike, a cliff, a documentary, an axe.”
We hiked (we both packed food). Ate cake at Café Latte on her favorite cliff. Killed time with an ocean documentary. Threw axes — she won. Eggs for dinner. That was that.
an adventure, our own way
“we kept choosing the harder, prettier road.”
Five Minnesota winters taught us how to stay warm together — long drives, lake days, the kind of quiet that only comes after a snowfall. Then we packed the car and pointed it west. Colorado gave us altitude and open sky, and the slow, stubborn work of learning how to love each other well: a little braver every year, a little softer too.
on a mountain, after work
“the drone caught the lead-up — and then crashed.”
Josh sent the drone up for a sunset shot, dropped to one knee, and right on cue the drone nosedived out of the sky. We got the first few seconds on video and absolutely none of the actual proposal. Very on-brand for us. The story will outlive any footage we could've had.
back to Big Sandy Pond
“a small lake, a long table, a long weekend.”
One private lake house. Three days with the people we love most. Pontoons, kayaks, lanterns at the firepit. Saturday is the wedding — Friday and Sunday are for everything else.
