We're Getting Married!

My buddy Jordan and I were walking across campus one night when he said he needed to make a stop at a friend’s house. When we walked in, Kayla and her friend were sitting at the kitchen table doing homework, a little confused as to why these two random guys just walked into their house unannounced. Jordan went to his friends room to look for his jacket while I stood in the kitchen awkwardly trying to make conversation. Kayla and I introduced ourselves to one another and made some small talk until Jordan returned with his jacket and we left. I honestly didn’t think much of the interaction until I saw her again a few weeks later. It was a Saturday night and Jordan takes me to a party at the same house. I’m with Jordan and a few other friends when, out of nowhere, Kayla appears and just begins talking to me like we’re old friends. We hit it off pretty well and are talking when an obnoxious friend, who had a little too much to drink butts into our conversation. As he’s going on and on, my friends and I recognize this as our chance to ditch him for the night. (In our defense, he invited himself and had a history of embarrassing us in public.) So, without another word, we sneak out of there & head to another party. For the record, the guy was harmless, just obnoxious. (Kayla still gives me a hard time about this to this day.) The next day, my friends and I are talking about the previous night when someone brings up how we left Derek at the first party and I instantly felt bad. Not for him, but for the poor girl I left him there with. I figured I should find her Instagram & apologize (romantic, right?) Eventually, I find her profile & follow her. I didn’t really know what to say to her. I sat there for a while trying to figure out how to be smooth & “slide into her DM’s”, but I couldn’t think of a good ice breaker so I never messaged her. A couple hours later, I go back onto Instagram & see I have a message. It’s from Kayla. She slid into MY DM’s & the rest is history.

The Sunday before the proposal was the NASCAR National Championship and Martin Truex Jr. had just won! We were so excited and I figured the upcoming dinner date Nick planned was to celebrate the Championship and celebrate my final week of such a tough quarter of nursing school. Over the past three months Nick and I had gone through big life changes. Nick graduated college, started his dream job, we moved in together, and I began some pretty intense nursing classes. Life had been so chaotic for us and this dinner date was something we both were looking so forward to. Little did I know this would be the best week of our lives thus far. As Wednesday came, Nick had been acting pretty odd- kind of distant and quiet. We had reservations at Ocean Prime on Larimer Street in Denver. Once we parked and began walking, I was admiring the lights hung up above the street while Nick was silent. Then he stopped and got down on his knee, and as he opened the box, (in true Nick fashion) the ring had fallen out. I was frozen in time as Nick picked it up and asked me to marry him. It took me a second to realize what was happening, but as I came back to reality I said yes! Our friends Matt and Krista were there to capture this beautiful moment on camera. I didn’t think the night could get any better. Dinner was great, but we were both so excited that I don’t think we truly enjoyed the meal. I had made plans to catch up with my friend Jamie after dinner before I knew Nick was going to propose. At this point, we each needed a drink and decided to go to Punch Bowl Social to see her. When we walked in, Nick skipped the line, and had another surprise for me. Some of our closest friends and family were all waiting to congratulate us! I never could have dreamt of such a perfect night.