Our love story is characterized by places and adventures as we love traveling together and went on our very first trip together within a month of dating. We met during our master’s program in August 2013 at Texas State University. We started out as classmates, but on bus rides after class, we started to grow closer. We officially started dating on Super Bowl Sunday, which was perfect as we both love sports and are super competitive! Sports have remained an important part of our relationship as we both play kickball and have now added a new teammate to our team, our dog Ferentz! After graduate school, we decided we wanted to take a bigger adventure together and moved to Tucson, Arizona. We trusted that it was where God wanted us to be as our shared faith is a huge component of our relationship. We eventually found our community in Tucson and fell in love with the desert lifestyle. Our relationship has been built on trusting each other and taking fun risks. Our mutual love for trying new things, sports, music, humor, and traveling have made our relationship so fun and thrilling throughout the years. We make the perfect team.

Marcos always knew that he wanted to propose somewhere with all of Sadie's favorite elements: traveling, warm weather, palm trees, flamingos, and beautiful scenery to take lots of photos! Marcos surprised Sadie by taking her on a trip to Palm Springs at the JW Marriot Desert Springs resort. The spot Marcos chose to propose was right by the water in a beautiful setting with flowers, flamingos, and palm trees. It was a spot that earlier in the day was crowded with guests taking photographs, but by a miracle, it was only the two of us at our sunset proposal. As Marcos walked Sadie to the spot, he stopped and grabbed her hands, and recapped their love story. Tears started streaming down Sadie's face as she realized what he was doing. After Sadie said yes, Marcos said: “and if you look behind you, that photographer is for us!” Sadie had no idea there was someone in the distance capturing the perfect moment. Afterward, we took photos together and celebrated our engagement, memories we will have forever!