Sunday, February 21, 2010

Background & Engagement

Nicholas Rinard and Ashleigh Arledge met in 2005 in Indianapolis, when Nicholas was living in Las Vegas, Nevada and Ashleigh was living in Portland, Maine. They courted through a series of cross-country trips, then in summer 2006 Nicholas moved to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, and Ashleigh joined him. After traveling all around Alaska that summer, they moved together to Juneau and took jobs. Their relationship blossomed there in the rain forest, and they invested energy in their careers at prominent local companies. They traveled the region together and developed many friendships. In 2009 they embarked on an epic 11,000-mile road trip around North America, finishing safely in Madison, Wisconsin in August, in time for Ashleigh to start graduate school in Economics. Nicholas started a job in October.

In January of 2010, Nicholas and Ashleigh decided to get married, and sealed the deal by getting each other rings.

2 comments:

  1. Congratulations! I'm glad to hear the good news!

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  2. I will say the obligatory congratulations. I'm more amazed at your great 3w presentation. If this is an indicator of your wedding, well, you'll have a beautiful one.
    Hope to maybe see you there.

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