I was 19 years old and was going into my sophomore year at Utah State University. Eric was driving through town after finishing up a summer job, and stopped for lunch at the restaurant I worked at. As fate would have it, I was his waitress! He definitely didn't waste any time and asked for my phone number right away. I told him I didn't give out my number at work and turned him down.. a few times. He shamelessly kept persisting though and eventually got my coworkers to convince me to finally give him a chance. When he called me, I saved his number in my phone as the "Crazy Boy From Work" and agreed to go watch the sunset with him at a nearby lake. To me surprise, it actually ended up being one of the best nights of my life! Unfortunately, he told me he was attending school in Hawaii and would be leaving the next day. So I thought that was that.

He on the other hand, had different plans. He called me every single day and convinced me to give the long distance thing a try. Which we did for a whole year, before I decided to take another chance and move to Hawaii. I transferred universities and we continued our love story in paradise! Eventually he proposed, we got married, adopted a puppy, and then moved to Washington!

Now we spend our days playing with dogs, Ruby & Wagner (named after the one & only Bobby Wagner), cheering on the Seahawks, and enjoying every little bit of living in the beautiful PNW! To this day, you can still find Eric in my phone as the "Crazy Boy From Work".