How we met: It was just another powder day skiing with friends at Crystal Mountain. Sawyer was skiing a great line off Chair 6 when this girl "yard saled" in front of him. He helped her get back on her skis and she stumbled through introducing herself... If only the above were true for Sawyer, instead it was him that crashed in front of her the first day they met. Sawyer planned on going skiing with three buddies, however one of the guys connected his group with two girls from church. They all met at the mountain, and Sawyer was immediately curious as to who Danelle was. That morning Sawyer quickly learned Danelle's goofy side when she pulled out a crown with a frozen Gatorade chew, her toughness when she shoved it back in, and her stubbornness to not quit on the day from it. As the day progressed, they were both impressed at how great of skiers each other were. By the afternoon Sawyer "somehow" found himself in the lift line next to Danelle for a two-person chairlift called Chair 6. He got to learn more about who she was and her passion for telling others about Jesus, while she asked him how long he had been skiing for. This was Sawyer's 25th winter skiing/snowboarding. Quickly thereafter, when they went to get off the lift Sawyer found himself doing a full somersault. They both broke into laughter as he quickly got back upright and attempted to continue the conversation. Needless to say, Sawyer quite literally fell for this beautiful blonde hair, blue eyed, Jesus loving, silly, athletic, and passionate woman of God. Twice Danelle asked Sawyer to go ski with her again, where he did his best to stay on top of his skis. A few weeks later they found themselves on the same mission trip to Dubai where they got to spend nine days amongst six other church friends spreading the Gospel and getting to know each other as friends. Prior to leaving Dubai Sawyer was able to build up the confidence to ask Danelle on a date when they returned to Seattle. Of course, the date was a ski date followed by dinner. Ever since, it has been adventure after adventure by each other's side!

How Sawyer proposed: Danelle had mentioned she dreamed of three things upon their engagement: 1. a surprise, 2. out in nature, and 3. a party. The only realistic surprise date he could think of was to spoil Danelle and Hillary's day. Unknowingly, Danelle to a tee was planning her own engagement with Hillary that Sawyer planned with Hillary. Meanwhile, Sawyer had set up a team of Danelle's best friends and sisters to coordinate the surprise party plans. Fast forward to the day of and God sure did bring the plan to a peak with weather that felt like summer. As Hillary was on lookout, she saw Sawyer and turned herself and Danelle to face the falls so that Sawyer could approach for the surprise. Danelle turned and was in shock to see Sawyer there, where he then proposed! Danelle with so much excitement, jumping up and down said yes! Meanwhile, Sawyer told Danelle he had dinner reservations for them that evening, so they celebrated for a bit at the ski resort and then headed back to Danelle's house to get ready for dinner. As they proceeded to the house, they were met by the surprise of many friends and family to celebrate the engagement! Danelle was surprised all day long as she had no idea it would be THAT day and they both soaked up the surreal day together!