We’re getting married!

This Sunday started out very early. Dave was driving down to Columbus to compete in a CrossFit competition at the annual Arnold Fitness festival. Ali got up ahortly after to get ready for Rachael Smale’s bridal shower. She also wanted to set up a few party favors to surprise Dave when he returned since it was his birthday. The plan for the rest of Dave’s birthday, as far as Ali knew, was to take Mr. Moe on a walk and go get ice cream since it was the first warm day of the year. Then eat popcorn and watch a movie on the couch together. As for Dave’s plan, he had gotten the ring a couple weeks earlier and was waiting for today specifically. The plan was to propose to Ali, using Moe as a helper before going on their walk because of how special he is to both Dave and Ali. When Dave got back he needed to shower and change before heading out for that afternoons’ activities. He was upstairs getting ready and Ali was downstairs waiting. Moe was excited to see Dave since he had been gone all day, so Moe sat upstairs waiting for Dave to finish getting ready. It was the perfect opportunity, Moe and Dave were alone and Ali was downstairs completely unaware. Dave pulled the ring from its hiding place and attached it to Moe’s collar. Now the easy part: “Hey Mr. Moe! Want to go for a walk???” On cue, Moe played his part and excitedly sprinted out of the room to the top of the stairs. Once there, he paused to scratch at the weird sparkly thing attached to his neck, giving Dave a heart attack. Eventually, Moe made it downstairs and jumped up on Ali’s leg ready for his walk. Ali had the leash ready and hooked Moe up, but somehow managed to not notice the ring on his collar. Dave almost had another heart attack thinking maybe she had hooked him up by the ring on accident. He told them both to wait and quickly knelt down in front of Ali right next to Moe. He picked Moe up, saying that he needed to check and make sure the leash was hooked up properly..... And then Ali said yes 😊