We met at a social gathering in October 2013 that neither of us wanted to go to, but reluctantly attended. Sounds about right, doesn't it! We kept running into each other at various social events and started talking to each other more and more. At some point, Dani invited us to go to Steamer's with a group of friends and everyone except for the two of us miraculously came down with a cold. We went to the movies a few times together. Then Richard asked Kaleigh to dinner at Bruno's in January 2014, and that was that!
We had started getting into hiking. We usually went on Sundays, but on this Friday Richard asked Kaleigh if she wanted to go hiking after dinner. We drove to The Summit House and entered the trailhead to the Fullerton Panorama Trail. After we reached the summit and admired the views for a few minutes, we decided to continue with the hike. We were walking side by side, when suddenly, Richard says he needs to tie his shoes. Kaleigh turned around and Richard, down on one knee, shouted, "Just kidding!" That's when he asked her to marry him.