We met in the summer after freshman year of high school and instantly became best friends. We started dating May 1, 2009 and 10 years later are finally tying the knot. Our combined love of travel and adventure has been a cornerstone of our relationship, culminating in our move across the country to Florida. Throughout their relationship Claire has managed to surprise Jeff by flying across the country or doing other smaller things throughout our relationship with Jeff's attempts at a return surprise always thwarted in her gift of ruining a surprise; that was until Christmas 2017... During a quick trip back home to Oregon for Christmas of 2017, Jeff managed to "avoid" asking Claire through Christmas day knowing that there was a cross-country ski trip planned a couple days later. As it was more or less "expected" for the proposal to happen on Christmas itself (both of our favorite holiday), as was expected, this frustrated Claire. On the day of the proposal both Ruth and Megan (Claire's mom and Maid of Honor respectively) came on the trip. Around half way around Trillium Lake, Megan sped ahead just before Jeff proposed. Claire, of course, said yes immediately while Ruth excitedly cheered. Fortunately the ring was not lost in the snow on the way to Claire's finger and Megan was ecstatic when we finally caught back up to her. We have been having fun planning our wedding (especially the dinner and dessert tasting) and are very excited to share our most special day with all of you!