Our friendship began in 2018 when we met playing cards on our deployment to Peru and Chile. Since then we didn't really talk much, until 2023 we got back in touch and have been inseparable.

We went out for a day trip to a lake near Ventura and he was going to propose to me then everything went wrong! The lake was scenic and it really just was a beautiful day.. but I (Kati) decided to complain that the lake smelled bad and it threw off his entire plan because he didn't want to propose to me somewhere that smelled.. so he took me to the pier. It was lovely, we got good parking and started walking up the pier, until we noticed it was closed. Who knew the pier closed? So we walked back to the car, and on the way back I felt a bird drop something on me, it was definitely not as romantic as he had hoped. He kept the day going and we went to go get some food. His idea was to put the ring on the cherry of my Shirley temple.. I was drinking a lot of those at the time. But I decided to go with another drink foiling his plans again. On the way to the car, we saw a cute little park with a path going around it and decided to walk a little extra. About halfway through the walk, where he intended to drop to one knee, a bug decided to bite my leg. We continue on our walk and in my head, I had a feeling he was going to propose but with everything that happened I assumed that he would wait for a better opportunity because everything was getting in the way that day. He stopped to tie his shoes, but I didn't want to look too excited and so I turned around and patiently waited for him to continue on the walk. But when I turned to check on him, he was on his knee with the ring. Even though the day was not ideal, and circumstances made it a bit difficult. He found the perfect moment and I got the perfect man.

Please RSVP by March 10, 2024 with number of guests coming with you at: CaldwellWedding0324@gmail.com