Karolina worked part time at Sears and Allen was a customer coming into the store to buy Carhartt pants. Karolina asked Allen if he needed help and he gladly replied with "yes I do". They had a rather extensive conversation and then she finally helped Allen. Their was a moment they shared that Allen knew he needed to come back. Similarly Karolina had gotten that "feeling" and hoped this mystery man would come back. He came back two weeks later, saw Karolina and asked her to coffee. She replied with do you want my number? Allen quickly returned "yes, yes I do." The rest is history with a lot more awesome adventures to come.

Karolina and Allen started dating while they were both in school. Karolina would drive at a rather snail speed to Issaquah weekly to bring Allen his lunch while he worked as a carpenter and attended school in the evenings. Allen would regularly show up unannounced to pleasantly surprising Karolina during her break; often resulting in her being late. They finished Community College and began their next journey as they continued their education 3000 miles away from home in New York. They had many adventures some crazy, others enlightening through those years while gaining new found friends and valuable perspective. After spending six years in NY of which some where spend apart as Karolina attended School and Allen worked and visa versa it was time for them to come back home. Karolina and Allen, headed home with their degrees to Seattle, WA to start their next adventure.