Some things last forever, after all🤎

Chris and Courtney first met while traveling for work for a military exercise in Washington in 2017. Chris was stationed in Germany and Courtney was stationed in Arkansas. They were introduced briefly by a mutual friend while on TDY in Washington and parted ways. In 2019, Chris was transferred to Arkansas to the same squadron that Courtney was assigned to, where he was immediately sent to deploy. Courtney and Chris met once again at the end of Chris’s deployment when Courtney was deployed as the unit to replace Chris’s unit. At this point, another year had passed before the two of them were back in the same squadron in U.S. territory. As fate would have it, that same friend that introduced the pair in Washington, came back through Arkansas for training, bringing a group of friends together. Chris and Courtney hung out for the first time with a group of friends during a Cinco de Mayo celebration, and then again the following week, at a baseball game. After the first two weekends together… the rest was history. After 11 mos of dating, living together in an apartment, and raising Champ, their first fur child whom they’ve had as a puppy since the start of their journey, Courtney was tasked to deploy again. The two moved into their first home, upon her return home, in November of 2020. Chris and Courtney got engaged after a sunrise proposal on March 26, 2023. They brought home their second fur child, Ollie, in January 2024 and welcomed their son, Liam, on October 18, 2024. Welcome to the next chapter of their forever after all💕