We’re getting married!

For their first date, Ben and Lee met at Chop Stick Cafe in Winchester, Virginia. A delicious thai food restaurant that they recomend again and agian. Their first date was full of laughter and nervous moments. If there was any worry that they would forget the first date, no worries needed. Ben took it upon himself to repeat all the funny stories he told Lee on their first date, again at their second date.

Lee was the first to say in her own way that she loved Ben. Back in May of 2018, she had started to tell Ben that she had fallen down the rabbit hole. Despite months of rabbit holes and I love you’s, it wasn’t until September that Ben was ready to say it back. Shortly after Lee’s birthday, Ben simply gave Lee a card with a picture of a loaf of bread on the front and three simple words when opened up. Ben enjoyed seeing the multitude of emotions that crossed over Lee’s face in a few short moments. At first as Lee read “I loaf you” her face showed disappointment, reading further, her face lit up when she read the small scrawled “I love you” at the bottom, to one of complete confusion of what Ben’s goal was with this card. Needless to say, the relationship is full of all kinds of emotions but humor and laughter are always present.

A surprisingly warm day for December with highs in the 60s, gently moved into a cool evening. Ben and Lee spent the earlier part of the day exploring Christmas lights with family and having lots of laughs. Upon returning to Delaplane, they weren't tired yet and decided to go for a moonlit stroll through the farm. (This was with flashlights. You can never be too careful when it comes to cow pies.) It was when they reached one of the highest points on Bendemeer Farm that Ben took both of Lee's hands in his. Ben had a speech prepared talking about how one decade was ending and a new one was beginning. With that new beginning, he asked Lee if she would start their next chapter together in the new year. Ben was met with a happy and very teary Lee. So teary in fact that the next day he questioned her if she ever actually said yes. For the record, she did. So, to sum it up, Ben and Lee can now say they started this next chapter on a high point.