ClaudiaandBrennen

Brennen and I met February 2016 at one of our churches life groups. My family and I had been attending this life group for many years and Brennen and his family join in fall of 2015. For several months we exchanged simple greetings and smiles, until one Saturday in February we were finally able to spark a conversation. Over the next two weeks we messaged each other everyday until our schedules could sync up for date, lunch at a local restaurant. On April 2nd we had our second date we explored the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium where he officially asked me to be his girlfriend. During this time we were enjoying our new relationship while preparing for Brennen to leave for a six month long work trip to San Diego, we had to decide very quickly if this was going to be a serious relationship that would be able to weather being apart that long. On May 1st Brennen left for San Diego and began our journey of of Skype dates, phone, and opposite schedules. Once summer kicked off we were both working 50+ hour work weeks to save for our future and we cherished any video or voice calls we could get. In September my mom and I were able to drive down and visit him for a week which gave Brennen and I the boost we needed to last the last month and a half. To celebrate Brennen's home coming I was going to fly down and we were going to drive back to Port Orchard, however car troubles prevented that from happening so I gave him a proper homecoming when his flight landed on October 27th. Five days later was my birthday and we had a planned a dinner at Stanley and Seaforts, had a fabulous dinner and came home to the surprise of my life. While we were at dinner my parents decorated our backyard with lights, streamers, sparkling cider, roses, cup cakes.