Aubrey and Colton met sophomore and Junior years of high school by playing water polo together. Their friendship led them to coach swimming together and start going on adventures in the mountains. Aubrey and Colton became inseparable and their love of mountain adventures grew, leading to some snowy, rainy, and awesome journeys through the Sierra Nevadas. On one rainy day, July 13th, they veered off-trail and got caught in a thunder and rainstorm. Several hours and many miles later, they arrived alive back at camp in time for a beautiful sunset. It was in front of this sunset at Marie Lake (their favorite lake), that Colton asked Aubrey to marry him.