Our story

I was at work one day when I first saw Emma. I was speechless. I couldn’t believe how beautiful she was. Waaaaay out of my league. I’ve never seen full COVID gear look so good. After some encouragement from from two of our best friends (Marie and Jereme) I decided what the heck? You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Still a little nervous, I decided to ask if she wanted to go to the dog park. We both had puppies at the time and needed to get them out for some exercise. Plus, COVID had shut just about everything down in Seattle at that point with no end in sight. I offered to pick Emma up and met her outside of her apartment building. She showed up with a red solo cup of coffee in one hand, Parker in the other. I was sold. We hit the park for a couple of hours and had a blast. Dixie and Parker were getting along great and I taught Parker how to swim. I figured there was no way she’d say no to grabbing a beer now (we did take a couple with us to the park). So I asked, she said yes and we went to the only open place in what felt like the entire state of WA. Lagunitas, a brewery with an outside patio that we could take the dogs to. A couple of our friends met us there (so as not to make it weird, we barely knew each other and I wanted to make sure the conversation never stalled or got awkward). We had such a great time i figured I’d try for a second date. I asked, she said yes and we did the same thing this time without the friends. It was even better. We kept going out, or staying in playing cards, Parker and Dixie were inseparable and I couldn’t believe how lucky I was. I had just hit the jackpot. We spent the COVID years together, I mean like every waking moment. We worked together and spent pretty much every waking moment together. I was shocked, we never got tired of each other. We decided it was time to get out of Seattle and didn’t have any specific place in mind, so we decided to try out Bend, OR. We got jobs, found a house with a yard for the pups and moved. We grew together, traveled together, and built a life together. I decided it was time to lock it down, or at least try to. So on a beautiful, very long drive in Hawaii I finally got up the courage to ask. Once again, I was speechless. I had a pretty good idea that she would say yes but I still couldn’t believe my luck. I could barely blurt out the words but I finally blurted out ‘Will you marry me?’ While trying not to topple over as there were some very sharp rocks conveniently placed under my knee. She said yes! (Well she said ‘ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!?!’ and then said yes). So now we are planning a wedding and can’t wait to see you all there. It’s going to be one hell of a night. There’s a very good chance the only words I’ll be able to blurt out are I Do. Im still speechless.

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