Gallery

This was taken in the high school commons just a few months after we started dating. Ben wasn't keen on couples pics yet.

We were nominated for Sadies court. Most couples dressed up in flattering costumes. We chose Teletubbies.

Ben didn't trust Whit to pin his boutonniere... valid fears.

Two young bucks off to Prom!

Did you even date in the early 2000s if you didn't take pics like this?

BBQ at Burfoot towards the end of senior year.

Our second Christmas together, you can tell by how much longer Ben's hair got as soon as he started going to WWU.

A climbing trip to Leavenworth with friends in the early college days!

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A Rainiers game with fam.

Couldn't tell ya what we were up to here. But we're babies so it's cute!

One of the first meals out with fam after moving up to Bellingham. A few years later Whit worked at this same Thai restaurant!

Sounders game ⚽️

Early college days climbing down on the beaches of Bellingham Bay.

One of our first trips camping in Bens Subaru on our way to Lander, WY for the International Climbers Festival.

Down in Oregon for a climbing competition! We were on WWU's climbing team throughout all of college and coached together for a couple of years too.

Working the Boulderham Climbing Competition together! We coached and set routes at this gym for a couple of years.

Our first time up to Tofino, BC for some surfing with friends.

Whit taught in New Zealand for a few months and afterwards Ben came to meet her and travel together for a few weeks. This was from backpacking at Abel Tasman national park.

We dun graduated college! Ben got to wear his Mickey Mouse grad cap that his parents got for him.

Surfing on the Oregon coast.

Just before moving to Colorado, we hiked up to Camp Muir at Mt Rainier. So beautiful.

We lived in a kooky creekside condo in Golden, Colorado for a year or so. It had a spiral staircase and lots of rattlesnakes.

One of our favorite annual events in Golden, CO was the Candlelight Walk. We always toured the Christmas lights after.

We got verrrry into mountain biking when the pandemic hit. This was a beautiful trail system in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Family celebrations!

Christmas tree hunting in Silverthorne, CO.

Out to celebrate after Whitney graduated from a coding boot camp. Shortly thereafter Ben went to the same one. Now they both are tech nerds with wrist pain.

Mountain biking the Whole Enchilada trail in Moab, UT.

Tropical travels in Mexico.

Spent some time in Ouray, CO hiking and sightseeing. Put the million dollar highway on your bucket list!

The proposal! This was on Orcas Island, WA.

Ben completely surprised Whitney. He kept it top secret.

We had some of our closest friends with us around to take photos and celebrate us that day and into the weekend.

It was truly one of the happiest weekends of our lives :)