The mountains are calling!

June 18th S&S took a much needed vacation to Carmel-by-the-Sea. The next morning, June 19th, Steve told Stephanie he had seen a cool place and wanted to go check it out and they started driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. After an hour we arrived at the spot Steve planned to propose, and it was CLOSED for 'plant rehabilitation'. We had driven 8 hours total to get to McWay Falls in Big Sur. There was no 'plan B'. We pulled off and parked the car, hopped the ropes and that day Stephanie said yes.

When Steve found out he had been accepted to medical school the first thing he said was "I can't move to California". Just 2 months later both Steve and Stephanie were packed up and said teary goodbyes to their family. Along their 36 hour drive to California they stopped in New Orleans, San Antonio, and El Paso before finally making it to Pomona. They saw many interesting things driving through the desert and Stephanie only slept half the drive.

In college Stephanie's sorority had an event each fall called Woodser. Everyone dressed up in their best country wear and were taken out to an event space for BBQ, line dancing, and country music. This turned out to be Steve and Stephanie's first date.

We first met on Stephanie's 22nd birthday through a dating app we both had in college. Stephanie messaged Steve first and wanted to get onto the roof of the SigEp house to fulfill her college bucket list. We met that night and sat on the roof talking and getting to know each other as we gazed on the stars above.