They FIRST met at Cal Poly, at a taco dinner in their RA’s apartment. Chelsea thought Chris was cute. They proceeded to hang out over the course of four years while they went to college and dated other people. Then, one day, they decided to start… "dating" each other. They were both fairly cautious at first and did not expect their fling to last long. Still, they really liked each other, and less than a year later they were both moving up to San Francisco. Then they moved in together, and got a cat, and got another cat...

Chris began conspiring when Chelsea booked a couple’s trip to Hawaii. Six months later, in Hawaii, the pair went on an "easy" hike in the Aihualama Mountains, where they got covered in mud while swinging on bamboo across large puddles in the rain and scaled nearly vertical trails. It was a lot of fun! After a picnic lunch Chris said, “Wait, one more thing!”, pulled out the ring, and asked “willyoumarryme?” Chelsea responded, “Oh my god what is that? How did you get that? WHY IS THAT HERE?!” And then she finally said “Oh my god YES, of course YES!”