As many of you know, Eli and I have known each other pretty much our whole lives. Our parents were friends before we were even born, so we grew up together. We didn't start "talking" until my senior year of high school, Eli was a junior. We were in study hall together. Eli was always busy doing his homework (I know, shocking) and I always tried distracting him and flirting with him. One day he finally asked me to wear his jersey to the Friday night football game, which was a big deal at the time. The rest is pretty much history. We both went to college at SDSU and then moved to Colorado for Eli's new job.

We decided to go on a weekend hike to Mt. Evans in Colorado. Once we got there, Eli realized the trail he wanted to propose on was closed so he had to improvise and found a different hike. Once we finished, we decided to go further up the mountain to a lookout. Eli found a nice view to take a picture. As we got ready to take the picture, Eli surprised me and got down on one knee and proposed! We couldn’t be more excited to start our life together.