My partner and I became friends with Peyton while working with him at Riot. He was a great friend to both of us, and a genuine, caring person, stopping to ask us and others through the halls, how they were doing. Peyton oozed that warm charisma that often found our weekend hangouts lasting late into the evening or extending into some of our best memories while living in LA. Peyton's quick-witted, and welcoming way of making me feel like I'd been his friend all along, always made every interaction with him and his family full of laughter and comfort. Peyton made others smile, both in his kind words but also his puns, dad jokes, and way of always laughing even in crazy times.
He always kept my wine glass full and reminded me good wine is worth it.
We last saw Peyton in Austin, even while living many states away. Through the years we always looked forward to when we got to see Peyton and Katie, no matter how recent our last weekend adventure was. Peyton inspired us to lighten up with the imperfections of parenting, always joking with Aiden even when you could tell Peyton wanted to scream.
No words can describe the appreciation we have for Peyton or every single time we got to see him, every smile shared, or each and every memory of him while we had the privilege of calling him our friend.