Ceremony & Celebration

Ceremony & Celebration

Our life together

— LIVING, LOVING, EXPLORING, CREATING —

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A few hours before the proposal (and before we got completely soaked by the storm clouds!) | Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado | September 7, 2015

Zach proposes post-thunderstorm on our six year anniversary | Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado | September 7, 2015

We're engaged! | Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado | September 7, 2015

Post- proposal photo shoot (luckily we had dry clothes in the car!)  | Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado | September 7, 2015

Post-proposal photo shoot (luckily we had dry clothes in the car!)  | Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado | September 7, 2015

The engagement ring! (Chosen from Zach's mom's collection earlier that day!) | Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado | September 7, 2015

Revisiting one of Zach's favorite childhood memories, plus, HISTORY! | Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts | June 2015

At the top of Imogene Pass (13,114' in the San Juan mountains above Telluride) with Zach's dad Larry, sister-in-law Pennie, and brother Alex. The four wheel drive road to get up there and back down was...an adventure! | Ouray, Colorado | July 18, 20

Fly fishing on the Lower Yuba River near Marysville, California | May 2015

Our moms (Zach's mom Susan left, Chelsea's mom Elizabeth right) helping us to inventory Susan & Larry's many amazing dishes for use at our wedding | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | October 2015

High Sierra Music Festival | Quincy, California | July 2015

Wearing our favorite hats and getting ready to play a few rounds of disc golf at Stafford Lake in Marin after biking 45 miles to get there from our house in San Francisco. (Don't worry, we got a ride home!) | April 2014

Atop Eagle Peak looking towards Half Dome | Yosemite National Park, California | October 2014

Dressed up as Kramer and Hatshepsut (an Egyptian pharaoh) for Halloween | San Francisco | October 2015

Young Lake, Yosemite National Park | July 2015

At our friends' Alex and Justin's Friendsgiving party | San Francisco | November 2013

Sting Cheese Incident concert with Chelsea's sister Caroline and her boyfriend Chris at the Berkeley Greek Theatre | Berkeley, California | July 2012

Dressed up as a matador and a flamenco dancer for Halloween. We both made our costumes, Zach's being constructed from a women's dress and matching jacket that he bought at a thrift store! | Boulder, Colorado | October 2010

Hiking in the James Peak Wilderness near Moffat Tunnel just a few weeks after we met | Rollinsville, Colorado | September 2009

Staying warm in our tent while winter backpacking in the James Peak Wilderness above the Moffat Tunnel | near Rollinsville, Colorado | January 2010

Staying warm in our tent while backpacking in the James Peak Wilderness above the Moffat Tunnel | near Rollinsville, Colorado | January 2010

Backpacking through a (cold!) winter wonderland in the James Peak Wilderness near Moffat Tunnel | Rollinsville, Colorado | January 2010

Chad & Monica's wedding at Arapahoe Basin ski resort | Keystone, Colorado | September 2015

At a friend's costume party in Boulder | March 2010

Chelsea happy to be in the dessert with all her favorite people | April 10, 2010

We've loved to cook together since the beginning! Here, a particularly memorable "alligator" calzone in our kitchen in Boulder. | Boulder, Colorado | May 2010

"Alligators are delicious!" - Zach, our kitchen, Boulder | May 2010

Chelsea trying on Zach's hat for size | Boulder, Colorado | May 2010

Removing rocks (and more rocks, and more rocks!) from the planter beds in the sidewalk in front of our house in Boulder. Though this picture was taken during the day, we sometimes worked after dark with headlamps (all the better to stay cool!) | Bou

Zach building a super deluxe, very thoughtfully researched and designed compost tumbler in our driveway of our house in Boulder | June 2010

Visiting Chelsea's sister Caroline at Stanford Family Camp (where she was a camp counselor) on Fallen Leaf Lake near Lake Tahoe. The four hour drive up from Palo Alto was our first time meeting Caroline's boyfriend Chris! | Lake Tahoe, California |

String Cheese Incident concert (Chelsea's first, Zach's fifteenth (!) more or less) at Red Rocks Amphitheater | Morrison, Colorado | July 24, 2010

Canoeing on Gross Reservoir near Zach's parents' house, Colorado | August 2010

Canoeing on Gross Reservoir near Zach's parents' house, Colorado | August 2010

Removing old barbed wire from Caribou Ranch Open Space | Boulder, Colorado | August 14, 2010

"Hundred year aged whisky really is the BEST!" - Chelsea, Caribou Ranch Open Space | Boulder, Colorado | August 14, 2010

We made it! Summiting McClure Pass on a four day bike trip with our "Roughhewn Riders" biking group | Colorado | June 26, 2011

We made it! Summiting McClure Pass on a four day bike trip with our "Roughhewn Riders" biking group | McClure Pass, Colorado | June 26, 2011

"I think this sign was supposed  say 'Bicycles and BICYCLISTS on road!" - four day cycling trip with "Roughhewn Riders" friends, near Gore Pass summit | Colorado | July 2010

Breaking for lunch on the first day of a four day bike trip with the "Roughhewn Riders" | near Kremling, Colorado | July 2010

Another reason to loving biking: rainbow jerseys! Chelsea and other members of the "Roughewn Riders" crew taking a break after summiting McClure pass in the beautiful Crystal River Valley on our second four day bike trip with the group. | Redst

In Amsterdam with our rented bikes, about to embark on a 2 day journey to cycle to Rotterdam via Utrecht, Gouda (yes, the city where the cheese is from!), and many other adorable Dutch towns | Amsterdam, Netherlands | July 2011

Obligatory tourist shot in front of the Hagia Sofia | Istanbul | August 2011

Getting buttered up with some apple tea in tulip glasses (2 each!) while buying a kilim - our first major (over $1000!) purchase together | Istanbul | August 16, 2011

Zach cooking steak (our Valentine's day tradition) inside a potbelly stove (there was no BBQ!!!!) at an Airbnbed yurt in San Juan (Gold Country), California | February 14, 2014

Happy hour at The Rio with Boulder friends and former colleagues | Boulder, Colorado | July 28, 2014

Getting a kiss in before grabbing dinner at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Taproom after a weekend at Lassen National Park with friends | Chico, California | September 2014

!!!!!! | San Francisco, California | Halloween 2014

Albert Einstein is back from the dead! Or, wait. Is that Zach in a Halloween costume?! | San Francisco, California | October 2014

Cruising around Coal Creek on Zach's parents' ATV to see the damage from the 100 year flood a few days before | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | September 2013

Staining a new bookshelf that we built for the second bedroom in our apartment. Just one step in a long process that started with taking apart the bookshelf that Chelsea bought on our first date so that we could reuse the wood | San Francisco, Calif

Enjoying a Sonoma winery on a day trip with Zach's parents | near Sonoma, California | April 2015

Dressed for a day of exploring in Manhattan | June 2015

Waiting at the Davis train station to catch the Capital Corridor Amtrak train back to Oakland after a weekend spent staying with our friends Derek and Tara in Davis and camping at Eatwell Farm | Davis, California | 2014

On our way to spend the night camping, harvesting, and noshing at Eatwell Farm, where we have a CSA subscription | near Davis, California | 2014

So in love on Halloween 2009 dressed i in our homemade Egyptian costumes. (Chelsea's thinking: Holy cow! I can't believe this guy I'm dating sewed his own costume! Zach's thinking: Holy cow! I can't believe we're wearing these costumes out in 3

"Wait! I know! You're that painter guy from public television! The 'happy little trees' guy!" (Zach netting yet another Halloween costume smash hit based on his incredible hair) | San Francisco, California | October 2013

Hanging out (or more like, looking for) "Shakedown Street" before the Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well 50th anniversary tour | Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California | June 2015

Having a laugh at the beautiful wedding of our friends Caitlin and Mikey | Bellingham, Washington | July 2014

Zach drinking some very hipster, very vintage beer | near Rollinsville, Colorado | May 2011

Bucking up some downed pine tress like a boss on Zach's parents' property | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | October 2015

Yaay! Chainsaws! | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | October 2015

Deep in the Empire Mine, one of the biggest and richest gold mines in California in its heyday | Nevada City, California | December 2013

The Boulder Boulder 10k and May Mustache Madness in one month!! | Boulder, Colorado | May 2011

Breaking down camp after a fun overnight at our friends' Melanie & Jake's place | Gold Hill, Colorado | July 01, 2011

Post-Dipsea Trail New Year's Day hike | Marin County, California | January 1, 2013

All dressed in orange with our friends from Camp Zesty for ALO at High Sierra | July 4 2015

Tour de Davis - Our team name was the Keystone XL pipeline, so Zach dressed up as an oil tycoon (ask him for a business card) and Chelsea as an activist! | Davis California | May 07, 2015

Istanbul | August 2011

Wrapping up a birthday weekend campout near James Peak with our friends Crista, Jordan, Feven, and Mason | near Rollinsville, Colorado | August 8, 2014

On one of our many bike tours over the Golden Gate | San Francisco, California | January 26, 2014

Biking through Marin | Marin County, California | March 30, 2013

Zach in the living/dining room of our house in Boulder showing off the dining room table that we bought on our first outing together (during the very short 10 day period after we met and before we started dating!) | Boulder, Colorado | Septembe

Chelsea in the shelves she bought on the same trip we got our dining room table. | Boulder, Colorado | September 2009

Chelsea, always efficiency-minded, is all about Zach's way to carve a pumpkin! | Boulder, Colorado | Halloween 2009

Yamato's 30th birthday bash! | San Francisco, California | 2012

Stumbled upon this guerrilla art (Thanks Blake for the haircut!) | San Francisco, California | 2014

Chelsea in her favorite room of our house | San Francisco, California | 2012

Touring wine country with Larry and Susan | Sonoma County, California | May 2015

After seeing the Book of Mormon! We got to meet the lead actor after the show and he signed our program | San Francisco, California | December 30, 2012

A favorite shot with our then housemates Kevin and Serena taken in the photo booth we built in a closet for our holiday party. Zach was able to only join the party for 5 minutes, since he was in writing his thesis (in our bedroom!) |

AIAS event with Anesta | San Francisco, California | November 3, 2012

Hodge/Weal family New Years trip to the North Coast | Gualala, California | January 2011

Summit of Mt Dana | Yosemite National Park | July 2014

A nice cold beer after shoveling 28" of snow off the deck of Zach's parents' house | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | December 23, 2011

Olmsted Point Overlook, Yosemite National Park | July 2015

Zach fishing | Yosemite, California | July 2014

Hiking with the Hodge fam | Yosemite, California | July 2014

California Poppy Preserve on our way back from Chelsea's 5 year reunion at Pomona | May 2014

London | August 2013

Total enthusiasm here! | Bellingham, Washington | July 2014

At Tristram and Pippa's wedding with our friends Adam Bouland and Alison Hoyt | Devon, England | August 2013

Zach and Chelsea | Devon, England | August 2013

Making cairns using rocks strewn on the road up Coal Creek Canyon to Zach's parents house by 100 year flood water | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | August 2013

The Moore family kids! From left to right (and oldest to youngest!): Allison, Alex, Katie, and Zach | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | September 2015

Making cairns using rocks strewn on the road up Coal Creek Canyon to Zach's parents house by 100 year flood water | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | August 2013

Zach and his mom Susan relaxing after a morning of chainsawing Larry & Susan's house | Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado | September 2015

Zachary Moore, Master of Architecture flanked by his dad Larry and mom Susan. Woohoo! | California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California | May 2013

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