We met officially in middle school but did not become friends until 9th grade when David started riding the bus to school with Shelby. They would sit together in the back row and share headphones and listen to music on the ride into school. It wasn't until 10th grade in May when they realized their friendship had developed into something more. David asked Shelby to be his girlfriend on May 21st, 2010 on a bridge with a bouquet of roses in Issaquah, WA. They continued to date through high school attending the classic high school dances and Friday night football games, and writing lots of love letters that they still have today. In 2012, Shelby went to the University of Washington in Seattle, WA for college while David attended Bellevue College in Bellevue, WA. David would come visit often and Shelby would come home on the weekends always making time for each other while continuing their education. In 2014, David transferred to the University of Washington as well! They both graduated from UW in 2016, David started his first big kid job while Shelby continued to work at the University of Washington Medical Center while applying for Physician Assistant graduate schools. In January 2018, Shelby began PA school at Chapman University in Orange County, CA. The morning after Christmas Shelby and David made a road trip from Issaquah, WA to Orange County, CA. While David stayed in the greater Seattle area working at his new job. For the next year and a half Shelby was enveloped in school and David would visit as often as possible, they would facetime often, and send letters. Finally in April of 2019 David moved to CA and they got their first apt together while Shelby finished up PA school! Fast forward to Oct 31st 2020 David proposed at Lake Arrowhead. Now, Shelby is working as an orthopedic spinal surgery PA-C and David is working at Netradyne, they got a new puppy during COVID-19 named Indy and are living happily together in their townhome in Irvine, CA.