We were set up on a blind date through mutual friends. Our first date was at Russell’s house riding four-wheelers. At some point during that night, Ashley lost her phone. It was too dark to see anything, so we met back up the next day to look for it. We spent the weekend looking for Ashley's phone and it gave us an excuse to spend the whole weekend together. We have been inseparable since!

Russell reached out to a photographer and planned a surprise engagement shoot in the park next to our home. Russell asked the photographer to pull up the posing gallery and for me to pick out the next pose. After I finished browsing the poses, I turned around to find Russell on one knee. I shouted "YES" and couldn't help but cry! I remember giving him a hug and the next thing I said was, "It took you long enough!" We can’t wait to finally be married and to see where many more decades take us!