It was my junior year at Texas A&M, my roommate at the time had invited me to go out with her and her cousin’s fiance to the Dixie Chicken. When we arrived we headed to a table full of her cousin’s buddies, which included Seth. The evening consisted of the guys teaching me how to play 42, a staple of A&M games. Seth was so good to talk to and so patient with my terrible domino skills. I could tell he was a special guy, one who valued A&M and the core values as I did. While most of our relationship was through Facetime and frequent trips to the beach locations that Seth was living near, we both were always excited to partake in a good game of 42 with Aggie friends in town.

After Elizabeth graduated from Texas A&M, she remained in College Station over the summer to work and prepare for her first year of Veterinary School. I was taking summer courses and we spent nearly every afternoon together. Our favorite things to do were to sample new flavors of Blue Bell Ice Cream and Shiner Beer. So one Saturday, we decided to go on a little road trip. We piled into my car and drove the short distance to Brenham to visit the Blue Bell creamery. We toured, ate ice cream, and took pictures before getting back in the car and driving the much longer drive to Shiner, Tx to make it in time for the last brewery tour of the day. We enjoyed an awesome tour as well as a flight of hard to find flavors and purchased more than we’d like to admit from their gift shop before relaxing on the lawn. It was a beautiful South Texas day and there was not a cloud in the sky. Elizabeth was asleep for most of the drive back to College Station, but I was so deliriously happy, I had found an adventure buddy that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.