I (Julianna) was living with my older brother when he invited one of his coworker friends over to hang out. After just one step out of my bedroom door, I knew I was looking at my husband. He didn't know it, it took more effort than I care to admit. But I got him, boys. We talked all night, well into the morning even though he had to work at 6 AM. I can still sit and talk with him for hours.

I'd never seen a man as stressed on the beach as Avery was this day. I was falling in love with what I thought was his intense excitement to see the sunset over the ocean. He politely rushed me through every store, and I tried to keep up so he could see his sunset. When we arrived at the empty beach and stared at the setting sun together, he asked me to marry him. He always said romance didn't come naturally to him, but I felt like I was in a movie. He was nervous and Nana was back at the beach house trying to get a picture of the whole thing. After I said yes, we sat on the beach for a while. It was empty as far as you could see in both directions, unreal.