Became online official on Facebook

First backpacking trip (Ciara knew Brandyn was the one after this trip). Although Brandyn had camped many times, he had never been backpacking. He was a natural at it and jumped right in.

First snow trip. Ciara has been skiing her whole life but rather than show off her skills, she decided she would learn snowboarding. Brandyn was the best teacher she could have asked for. She now is back to skiing but learning to snowboard only made her better on her skis.

Ciara's 21st birthday. Brandyn woke her up at midnight, brought her to the grocery story to buy beer. Ciara had the one sip captured in this photo and then Brandyn enjoyed the rest.

Ciara and Brandyn added a new member to their family

Brandyn and Ciara celebrated their first year anniversary abroad in Salzburg, Austria before Ciara started at University of California, Santa Cruz

Brandyn got to experience travel with Ciara's parents for the first time.

Continued adventures while Ciara completed her undergraduate degree

Adventures continued throughout 2014. Attended their first sharks game, attending weddings and explored wineries.

Ciara graduated from UCSC with her undergrad degree.

More backpacking adventures. You can see Ciara in her natural squirrel form when eating sunflower seeds.

Continued to explore the wilderness (backpacking is definitely a theme)

Family bonding during Thanksgiving

More backpacking. Are you surprised at this point in the timeline? This was a trip for Brandyn's birthday to Jennie Wilderness

Ciara graduated from her graduate degree

Anniversary bike ride in Marin County

Thanksgiving with family in Florida

More birthday celebrations. If you have been around Brandyn and Ciara long enough, you know Ciara loves hitching a ride with Brandyn.

More backpacking. Ciara running away from her job responsibilities and Brandyn supporting her to live in a wilderness fantasy every weekend in 2019

Once winter hit, they escaped to the snow each weekend

This timeline is getting long. Honestly, if you made it this far, good job. We continue to travel together and make memories from both mundane activities and exciting ones.

Brandyn and Ciara have been together for over 12 years so this timeline would get unbelievably long with all their adventures but you get the jist that they like nature (winter or summer) and exploring. In July, Brandyn put a ring on it to make it government official on a backpacking trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.