God knew my heart needed you.

So heres the story! For Bens Twenty-First birthday him and his family went to Las Vegas because thats what you do on your Twenty-First right?! On the night of June 10th, JoAnna a family friend was coming to meet Bens family! JoAnna brought Alexandria to meet Ben! Ben introduced himself then left to go gamble haha! He thought there was no way he would have a chance with a girl as beautiful as Alexandria! The next day after receiving hell from everybody that Ben just left a beautiful girl hanging, Ben asked JoAnna to help him talk to her! The two started texting and it just clicked! For Ben anyway haha it didn't take long to know he really liked this girl! Ben asked her if he could fly her out to Texas after only three days of talking. She didn't have anything to lose, but she had everything to gain! Alexandria came to Texas for the first time and they spent the weekend together going out dancing, going to the lake and going around to different places so Alexandria could see what Texas was all about! This was the first of many trips! They traveled back and forth from Nevada and Texas spending weekends together for six months. During thanksgiving Ben went out to Nevada to spend it with Alexandria and her family. Ben knew by this point he loved this girl and wanted to spend his life with her! He asked her father for his blessing and despite what Ben thought he actually said yes haha!! Christmas Eve was the day Ben decided he was going to ask her to marry him!

Ben flew to Nevada for Christmas. He had it all planned out. He decided the proposal was going to be photo themed. For Christmas he got Alexandria a camera and a photo album filled with pictures of them and their trips together. He didn't know when exactly they were going to open presents but he knew thats when he was going to ask. On the morning before Christmas her family was heading down and they decided to open presents before they got there. She opened her first present and saw that it was the camera and she loved it! She had been wanting one for a while. Next he gave her the photo album, she flipped through it and loved all the pictures and little things Ben had wrote in it. Her dad called her during this just to tell her that they were on their way and he asked "hows it going" Alexandria said " well we opened presents and there was no diamond ring haha"! She didn't know that Ben wasn't done yet. Be gave her a card with the camera and it had a picture face down in it. The card read, " I look forward to all the memories we will capture with this, let me give you the first one." When she flipped the picture over it was a picture of the ring! She was speechless. When she closed the card to look at Ben he was on his knee with the ring in his hand and he popped the question! She said YES!! Life is crazy and it goes by fast, so spend it with someone you love and make a great life together!