It's Miller Time!

Chris & Ally went to semi-rival high schools (Chris at Bishop Montgomery, Ally at St. Bernards), but surprisingly did not directly cross paths during their high school years. They did, however, share mutual friends. Cut to year 2011. Ally was going to UC Berkeley and Chris was going to another semi-rival, UCLA. It was the summer going in to their 3rd year of college when both C+A wound up at the same bbq house party. C+A met, & Ally was immediately attracted to Chris, particularly because of his "cool ponytail" (which Ally would later find out was actually a durag peaking out under his hat). Light conversation & flirtatious exchanges ensued; they cracked jokes at each other as if they were old friends. When the night was over, however, no numbers were exchanged, nor any talks of ever meeting again... But as Ally left the party, she had a very strange, yet. comforting feeling that that would not be the last time she would see Chris. She felt like he was someone who would be a part of her life in some way. She began to search for him on Facebook in the car while on the way home, & after a long search she found his page. That was when she discovered that she already had a friend request from Chris in her inbox that she had never responded to. Turns out Chris had already known about her & sent a friend request a long time before their official meeting. Friend request was officially accepted, & Ally slid into Chris' DMs. To this day, C+A both fight over who made the first move. You decide! Fast forward through a couple years of long distance, a move back from Berkeley to LA, a house bought together, a couple of cats, & a dog shared together! C+A are so excited that this day has finally (& Ally puts a major emphasis on FINALLY) arrived! Even after 8 years of companionship, they still continue to learn more about each other each day, & love each other even more because of it. They can't wait to celebrate their love with all of the people who mean so much to them.

Chris and Ally went to Maui with Ally's family. Chris and Ally are huge game players (particularly escape rooms, scavenger hunts, and amazing races). So when Chris said that he wanted to create a scavenger hunt for Ally, it wasn't completely out of the ordinary. On Chris and Ally's last day on the island, Chris decided that it was go time. Chris created a 26-clue scavenger hunt for Ally, with each clue hidden all over the grounds of the resort. Each clue represented one letter of alphabet, where for each letter Chris wrote one thing that he loves about Ally. At the bottom of each note was also a riddle hinting at the location of the next clue. Chris even got the staff of the resort in on the secret, such as the concierge, the gift shop worker, and the pool attendant all holding on to individual clues. So creative. At letter Y, Chris handed a map of the resort to Ally that had an X drawn on the spot for her to go to next. This led to a beautiful spot overlooking the water. Chris pulled out the last clue from behind his back, and Ally looked down to read the clue. When she looked up, Chris was on one knee!