Brandon was spending quality time with his dad and little brother, and I was just hanging out with a couple girlfriends at PUTT-PUTT of all places! We were both in eighth grade. My girlfriends and I noticed Brandon, and we began to skip holes to get right behind him. He will tell you to this day that even though we thought we were being slick, he noticed exactly what we were doing! Being the giddy eighth grade girls we were, we kept trying to get Brandon to notice us. Finally, he asked his little brother to get our numbers. I just happened to be the first one to write my number down. Later that night, I got a text! We dated (if you can even "date" in middle school) for a few months, but broke up for most of high school. We got back together our senior year in 2011 and the rest is history!

We got our sweet Elli girl a couple years ago, and on her first birthday we wanted to take a few pictures with her so we could document how she's grown over the years (crazy dog parents!). So of course this year, we had to take pictures again for her second birthday! We wanted to take the pictures at Brandon's Aunt Monda's house because she has such a gorgeous backyard with a pond. Brandon suggested I ask his cousin's wife (Elizabeth) to take our pictures, but he had already asked her and told her what he was going to do. As Elizabeth was taking pictures, Brandon started to pull something out of his pocket and get down on one knee! I stepped back once I realized what he was doing and started crying. I was completely surprised! The thought Brandon put into the proposal was so sweet! I wouldn't have wanted it any other way!