Mike first wrote me on an online dating site in August 2016. Unfortunately, I thought Mike's profile was boring and ignored his message. (I still feel bad about this but he claims his profile was intentionally boring!) In October, Mike followed up, asking how my move to Sequim went and I thought, "ok, well, that was nice." We soon established that we had a lot in common, including that we were both East Coast transplants. We finally met in person on November 7, 2016 and we've considered that day our anniversary as we've been nearly inseparable since then. We (officially) moved in together in March 2017 and brought our beloved Golden Retriever, Winston, home in July 2018.

For my 30th birthday, Mike and I took an amazing road trip through Idaho and Montana to Yellowstone National Park. On 9/10/19 we were camping along the Madison River in Yellowstone and went out to do some fly fishing. I got snagged and lost a fly but Mike said he had one I could try. He knelt down to dig around in his bag and when I looked over, he was holding the ring up to me. My mind went blank, I was totally in shock, and I honestly don't even know what he said! I just remember looking at it, then his face, then back to the ring. I had a feeling he might propose on this trip but he still caught me totally off guard. Eventually, I snapped out of it and said yes! The spot where we got engaged is the photo at the bottom of this page.