A mutual friend introduced us at a favorite brewery, and then invited us both to his 4th of July party. Patrick was showing off, doing back flips in the pool - it was basically love at first sight. We quickly became friends, and the rest is history!
We went to Charlottesville for a weekend getaway. It snowed the day before we hiked Old Rag, but Patrick insisted we keep going. Once we slipped and scrambled over the ice up to the summit, Patrick set up his phone's "photo timer", but instead of a quick picture, he dropped to one knee and asked me to marry him! We can't wait for our next adventure!