One is from Carpinteria and the other from Santa Barbara, but their story began in San Diego where Dylan and Paige met in 2015. The two crossed paths again the following year at an Ugly Sweater Christmas party—where sparks flew and, as they say, the rest is history! Then, on January 28, 2017, Dylan asked Paige to be his girlfriend while they celebrated his birthday snowboarding in Big Bear. As Paige finished up her senior year at San Diego State, they continued a long-distance relationship. And Dylan proved his mettle, driving down from Santa Barbara every weekend except for two, when Paige returned home to visit, until graduation. Dylan’s devotion had an added benefit—getting on Oakley’s good side! During their first summer as a couple, they lifeguarded the beaches together in Santa Barbara, camped at Gray’s Meadow, bar hopped in the Funk Zone, and enjoyed the start of their life together. One night, after a little too much wine, they booked one-way tickets to Copenhagen. On September 20, 2017, they left for a backpacking trip through Europe that took them to 32 cities in 13 countries in 87 days. Paige and Dylan drank their way through Oktoberfest, scaled mountains in the Dolomites, swam the oceans in Italy, Portugal, and Spain, sipped wine under the Eiffel Tower, visited Disneyland Paris, ate an unimaginable amount of chocolate in Belgium, snowboarded in Austria, and returned to Germany to enjoy the Christmas Markets…just to name a few of their adventures. Fast forward to the next few years, starting with the fire academy for Dylan and nursing school for Paige. They helped each other through the ups and downs of life and the challenges of school. Dylan graduated and became a Forest Service firefighter. In between all the work and school were frequent trips to Mammoth and Disneyland, two of their favorite places, not to mention a few Stagecoach weekends thrown in as well. The pandemic hit, and they quarantined together, doing what everyone else did—they got their big boy Jameson! Paige graduated from nursing school and works as a night-shift oncology nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Dylan is on the Santa Barbara County Handcrew. At last, the long-awaited day came. On May 21, 2022, in front of the Santa Barbara Mission where they often picnic at the Rose Garden, Dylan *finally* got down on one knee to ask Paige to marry him. They can no longer claim “boyfriend and girlfriend forever”! Paige and Dylan share a love for travel, the beach, snowboarding, Oakley and Jameson, friends, and family. Now, the couple can be celebrated as the two begin a new journey together. Cheers to the soon-to-be Hathaways!