Photos!

Katie here!

I’ve assembled a gallery of photos that I feel really capture the past almost eight years that Oliver and I have spent together.

Hikes, house projects, rocks, yard projects, gardening, concerts, travel, rocks, forest service cabins, pets, snuggles, other defining moments, rocks… It’s all here! Including proof that 100% of pets (plus me) think that Oliver is the best pillow.

So many people that we know and love (that’s you!) live far away; Oliver doesn’t have social media, and I’ve been pretty bad about posting over the years, so I hope these photos help give you a good sense of who we are as individuals, who we are to each other, and the relationship and life that we’ve been forging together.

We both look forward to adding to these moments with all of you!

Note: While photos from a specific event are grouped together, the photos, overall, are in no particular order!

"Do you want to come over for cake?"
(June 15th, 2018) — "Do you want to come over for cake?" (June 15th, 2018)

First hike! 17 mi round-trip.
(June 24th, 2018) — First hike! 17 mi round-trip. (June 24th, 2018)

We didn't quite make it up to Sacagawea peak (which is hiding).

You know it's getting serious fast when he finds you a parts car, AND lets you put it in his yard after 2 months.

Oliver made Katie a chocolate Stonehenge for her birthday. (See: Ylvis - Stonehenge)

Top Layer: bindweed, dirt, rocks, added rocks, edging, weed mat.
Second Layer: more bindweed, dirt, rocks, added rocks, edging and weed mat.
Bottom Layer: clay, dirt, rocks. — Top Layer: bindweed, dirt, rocks, added rocks, edging, weed mat. Second Layer: more bindweed, dirt, rocks, added rocks, edging and weed mat. Bottom Layer: clay, dirt, rocks.

Making sure we never have to deal with rocks when planting in that bed EVER AGAIN.

PSA: Tillers are NOT designed or built to remove rocks from heavy soil! (but they kinda' work. Until the driveshaft snaps...)

Oliver with a rock.
(Pt. 1) — Oliver with a rock. (Pt. 1)

Proof that Oliver looked VERY youthful in 2018.

"We haven't watched Pokémon since middle school. Let's draw them from memory!"

This led to us playing Pokémon Go... — "We haven't watched Pokémon since middle school. Let's draw them from memory!" This led to us playing Pokémon Go...

Trying to gain the trust of a little stray cat who was hiding out behind the Chalet Market in December. (It's Kissa! Pronounced key-sah)

We made it up to Sacagawea Peak! (we took a medium-distance route this time)

Our short ORD layover turned into a 5 hour layover, which turned into "we're boarding in an hour" as soon as we got off the L in downtown. Just enough time to grab cubanos from Cafecito, point at some architecture, and get back on the Blue Line!

"Oops, I bought 650+ bulbs."
("Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 1) — "Oops, I bought 650+ bulbs." ("Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 1)

What do you mean you don't use a living room-sized whiteboard to over plan your garden beds?

Saving sad trees from the burn pile.
("Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 2) — Saving sad trees from the burn pile. ("Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 2)

When your down-the-block neighbor sells their house with the amazing native plant yard, and you find out that the new owners want to tear it out and put down sod... (we asked first)

Did you know that Montana has a native rhododendron?

Katie convinced Oliver to take an ice climbing class with her at Ice Fest.

Brook Saxifrage ( Saxifraga odontoloma was the first plant that Katie taught Oliver. — Brook Saxifrage (*Saxifraga odontoloma* was the first plant that Katie taught Oliver.

Katie won 3rd place in the 2024 Sweet Pea flower show!

"Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 4

Oliver fixing the sliding door track on Vincent Van-go.

"Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 5

Koira generally didn't like getting her picture taken, but she DID photobomb us once.

"Why do all of the plants that I put here die?"

"Oh..." — "Why do all of the plants that I put here die?" "Oh..."

"I think this bleeding heart would look great right here!"
(Oliver with a rock pt. 2) — "I think this bleeding heart would look great right here!" (Oliver with a rock pt. 2)

This tiller is amazing.
(Just to be clear, all of these rocks are different rocks.) — This tiller is amazing. (Just to be clear, all of these rocks are different rocks.)

Oliver: "You know how that linden in the back yard was always sickly, and when I removed the stump, all of the roots were splayed outwards? I think I know why..."

This is an unfinished concrete slab of unknown dimensions. Oliver uncovered a 4' x 8' — Oliver: "You know how that linden in the back yard was always sickly, and when I removed the stump, all of the roots were splayed outwards? I think I know why..." This is an unfinished concrete slab of unknown dimensions. Oliver uncovered a 4' x 8' wide section before he gave up. It is over a gas line.

Hiking to Hidden Lakes + Finks sandwiches + hammock naps = summer tradition.

Katie got to bring Oliver to her favorite place (June Lake, CA).

Bringing extra sweet peas to the Sweet Pea Festival!

"It's because of the drugs!"
- Neil Breen, Fateful Findings — "It's because of the drugs!" - Neil Breen, Fateful Findings

Koira's hips gave out, and she went blind in her final year, but she was stubborn and determined to keep going! She's almost 17 here.

We made some (unfortunately unsurprising) discoveries when we removed our extra-sketchy upper deck.

When it's winter out, but you need to repot and insecticide all of your indoor plants. ("Katie cannot safely work at plant nurseries" ex. 6)

One of the many amazing birthday dinners Oliver has made for Katie.

St. Patrick's Day Jenga with friends in Butte.

Katie and Oliver helped train alpaca babies in 2025.

The first wedding we attended together (2018).

Rodrigo y Gabriela: first concert as an official couple!

"If I get into the van, we go on an adventure, right?"

Photos!

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