The technology world brought Allen and Colleen together. They were both looking for "the one" they would spend the rest of their lives with. On an average day in the fall of 2017 Allen was visiting Christian Mingle and found Colleen. Colleen gave up on Christian Mingle because she hadn't had any luck. Her friend Cayla told her to give it a chance that it had changed. Colleen felt she didn't have anything to lose. She logged on, ventured through her page and found a message waiting for her from Allen. She did some digging on Facebook hoping to find him and start communicating even though she hadn't had luck in the past. She found Allen and sent him a message. Allen responded a couple of hours later and they began to connect for the next 9 days before Allen asked Colleen out. December 31st 2017 was the first day of the rest of their lives together. They met at Guayacan Mexican restaurant in Chico, CA. They were both so happy to be together, but so nervous about messing up their first date. After ordering fish tacos and chicken fajitas they began to talk and talk and talk, 3 hours later they were in love and sure they would see each other again. They had their second date two days later and then their first kiss 2 weeks after that. After Colleen and Allen made it official Colleen introduced Ireland and Ireland fell in love with Allen just as fast as Colleen did and more importantly so she was so happy her mom had someone to share their lives with. Allen and Colleen talked about marriage as their 4 month anniversary approached and set goals for themselves to accomplish before they became engaged. July 22, 2020 Colleen and Allen were visiting Richard and Abbi in Oregon. Allen mentioned to Colleen that they should visit the arboretum before they headed home. As they were walking along the trail Colleen found a gorgeous flower, Queen Anne's Lace, and as she turned around after snapping a few pictures, Allen was on one knee asking Colleen to be his wife and she said yes!