When we first met, we were each looking for a "love that would last forever". And we both found it! Our love affair started when we met for the first time in Ketchum, Idaho, and it's been a joyful and wondrous adventure. We have been through good times and tough times together: through meeting each other's amazing children and wonderful friends; through romantic trips to Paris, Italy, Mexico, the Swiss Alps, and French Polynesia; through pandemics and health crises; through treks and climbs and emergency rescues; and through the joys of graduations and family reunions, and through the sorrowful passing of family members. In May of 2023, on a small islet off the coast of Bora Bora in French Polynesia, David asked Pirie to marry him. And she said "yes"! We are SO VERY excited and happy to envision our future together!