We met at the tail end of our West Morris Mendham High School experience. Dillon was a big nerd and tested into the Senior calculus class, even though he was only a Junior. We also conveniently had the same study hall. We loved nerding out together on our math work and spent many hours on the phone discussing homework problems. Eventually, Dillon moved his seat next to Alyssa in class... so smooth! After that, we spent little time focusing in class and study hall because flirting was way more fun! ;) Who knew math would bring us together!

Dillon drove 17.5 hours down from Washington to Colorado to surprise Alyssa with his proposal in her classroom. It was a surprise indeed, which happened to be on pajama day at school (hence the onesie)! Dillon wrote a beautiful poem, convinced Alyssa's bestie to leave work early to take pictures (he called her 20+ times while driving down and she had to cancel meetings to make it), played her favorite song "Rivers and Roads" by the Head and the Heart, and got her kindergarten students involved. He even had a lovely diamond ring!! All of these special touches made for the sweetest engagement, and the surprise didn't end there!! Dillon then took Alyssa up to Yellowknife, Canada to see the Northern Lights. This was his original proposal idea. Thankfully, he went with the classroom surprise because there were no sightings of the Northern Lights, and the Airbnb host cancelled our stay on the house boat due to icy waters. Even with these blips in travel plans, we had a wonderful time celebrating our engagement doing the thing we love doing the most: exploring.