We somehow started talking over Snapchat in high school during my junior year and Jacob's senior year and quickly became best friends. The summer after Jacob's graduation was spent playing beach volleyball, going on hikes, eating ice cream, and chasing sunsets together. During fall of my senior year, Jacob came to every single one of my volleyball games to cheer me on, including those at districts and state. I worked up the nerve to ask him to Homecoming as "friends" with a pepperoni pizza but was in total denial about how much I actually liked him! In December 2013, he FINALLY asked me out, and our first date included dinner at Kuru Kuru (our now favorite restaurant) and a gingerbread house contest at the Bellingham Ferry Terminal. Since then, we've had lots of adventures together - dating long-distance, eating sushi wherever we go, riding Space Mountain over and over, binge-watching Game of Thrones, getting Salmonella in Hawaii, and moving across the country to Pittsburgh. After 6 years of dating, Jacob popped the question in New York City in front of the Rockefeller Christmas tree, and after saying "no" about 20 times out of shock (watch the video, you'll understand), I said yes to forever with the love of my life!!