A Oregonian and a military brat from Louisiana meet in St. Louis (not a sentence you hear everyday!) A Spanish class during our sophomore year brought us together, Matt loved to boast about his self-proclaimed superb Spanish skills for a gringo. Allie took her first-ever trip to Oregon that summer, looks like the Pacific Northwest was in our favor even years ago!

After dating our sophomore through senior years in college, we spread our wings and went separate ways to experience new life adventures in 2012 --- one to Minneapolis for work and the other to Chicago to attend law school. Over the next few years, we were ships crossing in the night as we went to and from Seattle. When we both officially moved to Seattle in 2016, all bets were off.

We headed up to our favorite hiking and running path in Hood River to proactively run off some beer and burgers. When we made it to our favorite lookout spot over the Columbia River, Matt got down on one knee and popped the question. He likes to remind me that he made me run 9 miles first to make sure I was worthy of the Williams family name!

Take the 10am Spanish class, it can change your life :)