Two and a half years ago, Andrea and Robert both were at the JW Marriott Palm Springs with friends. Andrea was with three girlfriends for a relaxing getaway and Robert was with three guy friends celebrating "Wray Day". All were spending the day at the pool party when Andrea pulled one of her girl friends away to mingle around in the pool. They found Wray in the middle of the pool and struck up a conversation and not too long after, Robert swam up to join them. Before long, the pool party was coming to an end and things continued in the boys' hotel room with a lot of beer, snacks and conversation realizing Rob and Andi had a lot of friends in common and lived within 15 miles of one another. Numbers were exchanged and Rob invited Andi and her friends to dinner with him and his friends later that night at the hotel, which she gladly accepted. He insisted on splitting lobster and crab legs with her (clearly he knew the way to her heart) and they all headed out afterwards for a night of drinks and dancing. Everyone went their separate ways later that night; and while Rob reached out periodically after they parted ways, it wasn't until about 7 months later that they saw each other again when Andi texted him to meet her for drinks at Pacific City. He told her he would be "the handsome one at the bar," and indeed he was. They spent the evening with a drink and talking for hours...as the night ended, she offered to give him a ride home and at that point they realized they drove the same exact car: same year, make, model and color (fate?). A week later, Rob insisted he take Andi on a REAL date and he continued to take her on many more after that.

Out of all the dates Rob took Andi on, the most important one would be on July 14, 2019. He borrowed their friend Adon's Duffy boat to take Andi and Oscar on a special harbor cruise. They ate brunch at Tupelo Junction, packed snacks and their favorite wine, and cruised around the harbor just the three of them. While Andi had a feeling he was planning something special she started to think that it was possibly just another day as the clock chimed 3:45 and they had to have the Duffy back by 4:00. Andi fiddled around with the music player as Rob told her to pick something memorable to play, so she panicked picking the next country song on the list: "Brett Eldredge - Don't Ya" as Robert stopped the engine and told her he wanted to ask her something. It was then that he walked over to her, got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. Of course she said yes to the best adventure they would ever take together. And for those of you wondering, Yes! he asked Oscar for permission ahead of time.