Rod and I met during the 2021/2022 snowboard season on the Loki chairlift at Crystal Mountain.

Rod complimented my cool snowboard bindings, we got chatting (turned out I knew his friend sitting in between us, Steenis), and I’d love to say the rest is history…

But, it took me most of the snowboard season before I realized Rod was trying to get my attention (luckily our friend Corinne helped me take my blinders off).

While sitting on the Ridge lift (at Crystal) that spring, Rod offered to take me surfing that summer, so we finally exchanged phone numbers.

That led to Rod coming to a couple of my yoga classes at Crystal, followed by our first date at The Thistle (yep, you guessed it… at Crystal Mountain).

But it was the second date that sealed the deal. Rod invited me to his house for dinner. When I arrived, he had already made a salad, packed a picnic basket, and suggested a hike in the dunes for sunset.

Everything about this date was perfectly me, and afterward we basically became inseparable. Living and working together, enjoying MANY outdoor activities (you should see our board garage), and going on adventures.

On May 14th, 2024, we went to the season opening of Rock’s Landing’s and planned to hike our “second date dune” afterwards for sunset. It was nothing out of the ordinary, in fact, I was the one who booked the reservation. So when Rod proposed at the top of the dune I was in complete shock! There were immediate waterworks and I quickly nodded “yes”!

On March 28th, 2026, we are going back to where it all began… on top of Crystal Mountain for a Spring Shred Wedding.