Buckle up and grab a coffee because this is a good story

It all started...

when Josh and Zoe met one Friday in 2019 at the Mizzou climbing gym. They constituted 1/2 of the people there and got to chatting after Josh made Zoe guess who of the two was older, he or Luke (in a surprise to no one, Josh told her that he was the older sibling and kept the ruse up for weeks).

They had their first date later that week.

2019 – Columbia Missouri

But then...

Josh shortly left CoMo to intern in Washington D.C for the summer. The two kept in touch by writing letters and officially got together in June 2019.

When Josh got back in town, the pair went on a camping trip that culminated in running around, eating ajvar, and taking photographs in Laumeier Sculpture park.

In the past 7(ish) years...

Josh and Zoe have graduated, adopted a cat, moved across the country, traveled, and made a plethora of incredible memories together.

Some highlights include:

Moving into their first apartment together
Taking weekend trips with friends
Having coffee together on the porch in the morning
Finding new hobbies and exploring DC together
Hiking in the Appalachian mountains
Telling anyone who will listen about the cat
Now planning the future together

Josh proposed in Sequoia National Park on June 3rd, 2025.

He convinced Zoe to get up for a sunset hike to go see the largest tree in the world and, along the way, the two found a waterfall where Josh popped the question. It was perfect. This was just the beginning of a perfect week road tripping in California from Sequoia, to Paso Robles for wine tasting, and finally to Yosemite for hiking and basking in the beauty of the park.

The two waited until the following Saturday to tell loved ones they were engaged to which one put it; "it's about damn time".