Our Story
From two strangers to a decade together to “I do.”
Here’s how it happened.
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August 21, 2016
Our First Date
We’d already been talking for a while by then, but August 21, 2016 was the night everything changed: our first real date.
“You know you look so Seattle, but you feel so LA.”
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June – July 2017
First Apartment, First Cats
“It’s all really new and scary, but mostly exciting and I couldn’t be happier.”
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“I don’t think everyone’s been properly introduced yet! From left to right: this is Mittens, Winona, and Sharkie.”
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“It wasn’t perfect in any way, but it was exactly what we needed when we needed it. It’s where our home together first began.”
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September 6–10, 2018
Chicago
Our first real vacation together took us to Chicago for a Fall Out Boy weekend.
“Lol, @kayvbae and I actually met on OkCupid. Fun fact. And now here we are… 💘 #Day1”
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“1,353 feet high #Day4”
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“If there were any more left of me, I’d give it to you. #TheMANIAExperience #Day4”
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“windy city ✨”
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“you too, babe 💘”
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September 7, 2018
Recreating the “Take This to Your Grave” Album Cover
The day before the Wrigley Field show, we and our friends Ryan and Euan tracked down the actual Roscoe Village building where Fall Out Boy shot the cover of Take This to Your Grave back in 2003.
While we were out front taking a photo with the entrance, the building’s current resident came home, saw what was happening, and invited us all inside — the first fans he’d ever let in.
“That time I got to hang out in the #TakeThisToYourGrave apartment the day before the band played Wrigley Field. Good luck topping this one, 2019.”
View original post ↗He turned out to be a photographer, and offered to shoot our own version of the cover on the spot.
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September 8, 2018
Fall Out Boy at Wrigley Field
“If I die in my sleep, then know that my life was just a killer dream. #FallOutBoy #WrigleyField”
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“My family. This photo means everything to me. I am glowing right now looking at it.”
View original post ↗Kayla even made it into the Chicago Tribune’s photo coverage of the night.
“thanks for everything #falloutboy 💜”
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May 7, 2021
Ortensia (and Later, Silver) Joined the Family
We spotted a frantic, misplaced kitten outside Crystal Blue in L5P just after midnight, and Kayla insisted on pulling the car over. She rushed straight into our arms like she already knew us. We named her Ortensia, after Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’s cat girlfriend. That summer she had a litter of her own, a difficult pregnancy that ended in an emergency hysterectomy, but she left us with one kitten: her son, Silver. The two of them instantly became our family.
“welcome to the family, baby ortensia. i honestly believe you were heaven sent.”
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“recent cat photos 🐱 baby silver is a month old now! 🎉”
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August 21, 2021
Five Years
“How has it been five years already? In many ways I did not start living until I observed your unwavering authenticity. I grew up internalizing the belief that my happiness was much less important than almost anything, but especially maintaining any tiny bit of peace that popped up around me. But just by being near and being yourself, you’ve somehow taught me more about joy, standing up for myself, and what we all deserve than I had ever even considered before. I experience life more deeply and beautifully because of your influence, and I am so excited to intentionally and wholeheartedly do the rest of this life with you. Thank you so much for helping me build a foundation of love and growth that makes it possible for us to build our future. I am so grateful for you and our family, and I love you so much. I hope we have our best year yet ahead of us. 💝 (Also look at us! We were babies!)”
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“5 years ago today @kayvbae and I made it official. My rock, my adventure partner, the love of my life, and my best friend —here for me when I have nothing and everything. Thank you for being my all, and here’s to 5 amazing more!!! ❤️🔥”
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January 22, 2024
The Proposal
Photographed by Hannah Howells (@hhowphotos), who also shot our engagement photos. View the Engagement Gallery
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination, beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… The Engagement Zone.”
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August 21, 2026
