We're getting married!

Something I said I would never do, turned into the best decision in the world. Ryan and I actually met on the dating app, Bumble. I hated the idea of meeting someone online, but in 2017 it was actually such a common thing and I knew quite a few friends, including my mother, who had success. Ryan's profile had no bio, and some of his pictures were at least 10 years old. It was definitely a shot in the dark... All I knew is he was 29, graduated from State, and lived in Raleigh. So I thought, why not, and swiped right. With Bumble, I was forced to send the first message and I am so glad I did! We talked for a few weeks before we actually met because we were both traveling. At one point, Ryan told me he thought I was cat fishing him because I kept leaving NC.... Obviously that was not true! We had our first date on February 23, 2017 at a small empanada joint downtown, and the rest is our love story!

Ryan received the most amazing bonus from his company, a trip to Munich, Germany, and I got to go with! On this trip we explored the big city, smaller surrounding villages, Octoberfest, and so much more. My favorite place we visited was the Neuschwanstein Castle, which is actually the castle Disney modeled Cinderella's Castle after, so you can imagine how beautiful it is. On the second day of our trip, Ryan was so excited to drive on the autobahn and to show me the amazing castles he saw the summer before. We toured each castle and then he told me he wanted to hike up behind the castle to show me the amazing view. We climbed up this ridiculous mountain and Ryan had a big surprise for me at the top... Can you guess what happened?? We were taking some pictures and he said, " We should take one more, but you should put this on first" and pulled out the ring. And now here we are, engaged!