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July 27, 2019
Packwood, WA
#lightsCameraJackson

Danika & Will

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Will

Jackson

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Danika

Barringer

#lightsCameraJackson

July 27, 2019

Packwood, WA

How We Met

Ellensburg, WA

Neither of us are very outgoing people. So naturally we were on the water polo team at CWU for a whole year and never had a single conversation. Then in 2013, halfway through our second year at CWU, there was a pajama party. We talked all night and started our (still ongoing) reign as beer pong champs. The next week was Valentine’s Day and a mutual friend had a “singles awareness” party. The conversation and flirting continued there and when Will drove me home at the end of the night we had our first kiss.

The Proposal

Vernazza, Italy - 10/23/17

That morning, before we left the hotel I could hear him rummaging through the safe where we had been keeping the ring. As I exited the bathroom I noticed the open safe and the ring box still sitting inside. Will proceeded to quickly close the safe. The anticipation was killing me! Even though I knew it was coming by the end of our trip I couldn’t take the waiting. We spent the day traveling through Cinque Terre which is five fishing villages along the NW coast of Italy. In the fourth village, Vernazza, we found a private little patio on the side of a church where we sat and stared out at the sea. As we were taking in the view he popped the question. It was perfect. I found out later that the box I had seen earlier in the safe was not the actual ring box and was in fact a decoy meant to throw me off. Well played.

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