ian and nicolette met in college in 2020 and, truly, the rest was history. their crushes on one another soon turned into love. after being inseparable all throughout college, they decided to move into their first apartment in fall of 2024, right as nicolette was graduating from nursing school. from there, they embarked on adulthood side by side, learning and growing through every rent payment, birthday, bout of car trouble, and day to day life. in fall of 2025, they brought home their beautiful golden retriever, ellie. shortly after, on a 5 year anniversary trip to aruba, ian asked nicolette to marry him! scroll through our photos below to see some of our favorite memories from over the years.