Almost 2 years ago, fate & a few friends brought Brandi & Roger together. They went from complete strangers to inseparable companions in work & love. This is how it all began: She worked as an Insurance Agent & spent her evenings & weekends being super mom to an athletic, overachieving, teenage daughter. It was an intense yet rewarding schedule. He was a business owner & an entrepreneur, all while working his day job as a defender & protector of the free world. He barely had time to eat (let alone date) with his crazy schedule. One fateful night, while going on duty, he made the decision to stop into a small gathering and that’s when he saw her. ‘Who’s that girl?’ progressed into jokingly introducing her as his ‘future wife’ by the end of the evening. How funny that phrase became over a year later. It seemed that everywhere they went, they kept running into each other: the grocery store, on the street, out in town. He finally reached out. He needed insurance for one of his many endeavors & she just happened to sell insurance. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Over time, business turned into pleasure. They talked of the future. Made bucket lists of places they wanted to travel to. She had lifetime goals & he wanted to settle down. She thought, ‘Okay. This could be something.’ He had dated before but never saw himself in a long-term relationship. Until her. He could see himself sitting on the porch with her by his side. That is when he knew she was ‘the one.’ That is when he began piecing together the grand scheme for the proposal. He whisked her away for a long weekend to the Ashville, NC for a tour of the Biltmore Mansion, the first place on their travel bucket list. It was a beautiful day. They had brunch & cocktails & toured the grounds. She was clueless. That is when it happened. He surprised her in a quiet corner in the gardens of the Biltmore Estate. In what seemed like seconds to her & an eternity to him, she said ‘YES!’