We met at Janet's house. I was setting up a Thirty One party and a random white guy came up to me and offered to help carry bags in. I don't remember seeing him after that initial meet but needless to say that would not be the last time we would run into each other.

If you have not already heard this one, we were all hanging out at Janet and Marc's house, sitting and talking in the garage. I have no idea how cold it was but it was FREEZING. I offered to share my mink blanket with Kevin since he was obviously shivering. He declined my offer and we all reminded him that you NEVER turn down a girls offer to share her blanket. Since then he tells anyone who will listen that that was the day I started chasing him.

So randomly on this day I got a message from Kevin asking for help on his Match profile. If you didn't already know I also had a Match account that was generously set up (without my knowledge) by Lori, Janet and Kelly so him reaching out with questions wasn't surprising. He started off by asking if he saw someone he was interested in talking to , what would be a good way to break the ice. We spent a good part of the afternoon texting back and forth with questions and ideas about his profile. Reconvened later that night for more coaching which turned into rehearsals with me reading for the role of the potential Match date. By 3 am, the ice had been broken and we decided to see where this was going.

In true Kevin fashion, everything about this day could not have been more complicated than needed but I wouldn't change it. Where to begin with the lies and the overly complicated plan.... Since it was my birthday weekend, Kevin had said his parents wanted to take us out for our birthday dinner to Spaghetti Factory. LIE 1: Kevin's parents would never pick the place unless we were celebrating their birthdays. As we got ready to leave, Kevin says goodbye to the kids because they weren't coming with us. Never mind that Aly was dressed and ready to go. LIE 2: No family birthday dinner would be without the kids. We make our way downtown and park. LIE 3: Could not have parked further from Spaghetti Factory. With the cat out of the bag we made it to Capital Grille for a nice romantic birthday dinner just the 2 of us. After that amazing dinner Kevin somehow still has room for Starbucks. So we walk around Monument Circle cause he is certain that there is a Starbucks. LIE 4: Kevin googles EVERYTHING. No way that we would just walk around without knowing exactly where we are going. We finally spot it and as we make our way toward it Kevin is falling back so I turn and shockingly Niko is in Indy and just happens to be right behind us! Now although it may seem obvious as to what was about to happened I honestly thought that Niko was here to surprise me for my birthday. Once everyone else came out of hiding from inside the Starbucks and the actual proposal happened, I was literally in tears which you all saw if you saw the video. We may never know why Kevin could not just say I would like to take you out to a nice birthday dinner, just the two of us, instead of this web of lies he spun! But I would not change it for the world!