Many good love stories don't start with that sentence, but ours did! We were both wild, outdoorsy kids, and already a couple of big nerds. After a few years, many laughs, failing at the clarinet and building a friendship together, we decided to start dating in 8th grade. So we started holding hands and hugged every now and then. From there, we dated until junior year of high school. We learned a lot about each other and ourselves and found our first "true love" in each other. This made breaking up our senior year VERY heartbreaking. We don't want to talk about it. Anyways, after growing up apart for a couple years, we both moved back to Bend and started running into each other more and more frequently. Even after all that time, the sparks (or fireworks) still flew between us and now here we are: 4 years, 2 dogs, 2 chickens, remodeling our home and a couple job transitions later, so excited for the rest of our lives (and probably a couple more animals) together.