We met online and spent several hours texting the very first night. A few days later, Todd suggested we meet at a local bar called the Ball & Chain because as he put it, "if I played my cards right, I might get my own Ball & Chain." Here we are...3 years later! So thrilled to be tied together!!

Everyone who knows Brooke knows she loves a good show and especially live music. For her birthday I got her tickets to see J-Lo in Vegas. She loves J-Lo, and I figured she would never see it coming. While we were at the theater, my good friends Bob, Carrie and Emily McNally snuck into our suite and decorated it like the Bachelor Fantasy Suite, complete with rose petals, candles, the works. When we got back to the room and opened the door, Brooke asked me, "Is this for J-Lo?" I smiled and said, "No honey, it's for you. Will you marry me?"