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April 10, 2021
Excello, Missouri

Samantha & Benjamin

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Benjamin Kelley

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Samantha Kelley

April 10, 2021

Excello, Missouri

Our First Date

1.17.19

Our first date was delayed by snowpocolypse....believe it or not Columbia, MO got 16+ inches of snow in one storm! So, 5 days later we met at Pancheros. We were both definitely nervous as we talked and asked questions about one another. We said good-bye with a hug and left the date wanting another one #BumbleSuccessStory

The Proposal

3.2.20

Hampton, TN It was 50 and raining but we were determined to do some hiking. Since fog/clouds/lack of visibility was a concern we decided that hiking a mountain for a view wasn’t a good idea so we opted to see some waterfalls instead. Waterfall #1 = Coon Den Falls - It was the smaller one so we hit that one first. Finding the trail head was a struggle but we managed, haha. It has an actual hike up the mountain to see the waterfall (occasional stopping occurred to catch our breath) but we made it! We took some pictures at the top and shared a kiss or two. Ben hugged me but kept a hand in his pocket and I was internally like ‘what are you doing???’ (I figured it out soon enough). Ben said that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. Then he got down on a knee (👏🏻👏🏻) and asked ‘Will you marry me?’. I responded with a YES (of course)!!! On the way down I told Ben I wanted to reply ‘I thought you’d never ask’ - which is what I said when he asked me out on our first date - but I was too excited so YES was all that came out! Then Ben told me there was so much more he wanted to say but he was also too excited and the reason he kept pushing me up the mountain was because if I stopped one more time he was going to propose before we even made it to the falls.

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