We met on the first day of marching band camp at UW Eau Claire (go blugolds) the summer before Collin's freshman and Abby's sophomore year. We had to sit in a circle and play The Name Game. Collin said "Carrot Collin" and Abby thought he was kind of a nerd.

Yea, this sucked.

Abby had a weird dream about Collin. A few days later, Collin called Abby out of the blue. We met for drinks that night, and the rest is history.

It was Abby's birthday and we were hiking in Zion National Park. Abby had suspicions that this was the big day, because her birthday in Zion would have been a missed opportunity. We were almost killed by a rattlesnake shortly before, and Collin realized that life is too short and couldn't wait any longer to pop the question. Abby said, "Okay."