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July 15, 2021
Tring, UK
#BrettAndMadina

Brett & Madina

    Our Journey
    On the day...

We're so excited to celebrate with you!

Madina

Kartanbaeva

and

Brett

Marsh

#BrettAndMadina

July 15, 2021

Tring, UK

How We Fell In Love

People say you are always exactly where you need to be. For us that meant we both needed to travel a million miles from home to find each other in New York. We dated, we holidayed, I (Brett) learnt the awesome power of Madina’s table tennis skills and that my own were not as date-worthy impressive as I hoped. We shared the time old words ‘I love you’ both sober and drunk and realized we meant it. Then we put our love to the test by navigating a year-long lockdown together while the world went crazy. Netflix became our truest friend. Christmas is our favorite time together. We celebrated Madina’s first ever Christmas with a magnificent tree, a horde of presents and a gluttony of food. It is when we truly fell in love with each other - so fast forward a year and that was the moment for a surprise proposal…

How We Got Engaged

Now I’m not saying I (Brett) am punching above my weight - I’ve put on a fair bit of weight I’ll have you know. Nevertheless, this seemed to be the general consensus from our friend committee, so I knew if Madina was to accept a guy like me what this needed was miraculous... what this needed was ROMANCE… or alternatively a desolate environment in case of failure to hide the evidence. Planning for this in the middle of a pandemic is challenging – but he who dares! Que Vermont Snowboarding trip and a sleigh ride in the mountains to a secret hideaway. Perfect! It was a fairytale setting. Snow falling, crisp mountains, a beautiful lady and a custom-made ring carefully hidden in between the thermal layers. With a speech I forgot within 2 seconds and nerves at fraying point I asked, and she said yes. Seven months later and we are blessed to share this event with you all and include you all in our story.

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