Shawn and I met in Missoula at a Griz game 6 years ago, when he had come to town to watch his youngest brother Connor play. However, Shawn was still in optometry school at the time and living away, while I had just moved to Billings and settled in as a new physical therapist. It wasn't until the Spring of 2018, after Shawn had moved back to Billings and become part of McBride, Steiner, & Lebsock Optometrists that our mutual friendship in Cassie Blomquist spurred an outing floating the Big Horn River, serving as our "first date." The rest is history, as they say, and Shawn and I have been adventuring together ever since, even leading up to his proposal of marriage on a hike in the Beartooths at 10,000 feet!