In January of 2017 Bear started a new job at PayTech and met Lisa for the first time. Bear was immediately smitten with Lisa’s smile, her beauty, her intelligence, and her sense of humor. Over the next several months Bear and Lisa got to know each other as co-workers and a few months later Bear got the nerve up to ask Lisa to go out to dinner, as friends. They met at the Café Terracotta restaurant in Littleton, CO and had a nice dinner together with friendly conversation.

Bear asked Lisa to go out to dinner again a week later, and on July 1, 2017 they had what they consider to be their first official date. As the evening progressed they felt a strong connection that turned out to be the beginning of a love that will last through eternity. Over the summer, Bear and Lisa spent more and more time together, growing closer with each day that passed, and their love blossomed and grew deeper.

In July 2018, Bear and Lisa planned a long weekend at their favorite Rustic Cabin getaway in Deckers, CO where they like to get away to fish and bird watch for their 1-year Anniversary. On the early evening of July 1, 2018 Bear took Lisa down to a small, sandy beach on the South Platte River right by where she caught her first fish earlier that day. After distracting her to study the beaver collecting branches across the river while he pulled the ring from his pack, Bear raised to his knees and asked Lisa if she would spend the rest of her life with him. With tear filled eyes she emphatically said “Yes”!