We like to say that we officially met at a coffee shop. No, it's not as clique as it sounds, promise! I was studying for nursing school, as always, and he mentioned that he remembered me from a college event. I had my smurf scrubs on, hair a mess, eyes most likely showing the stress of nursing, and who knows what else he saw that day! Surprising, he reached out a few days later completely unfazed from that impression! We still laugh at our first "let's get to know each other" date. We grabbed Starbucks and the plan was to go to Lake Tyler. Let's just say that the rest of the day ended up with driving around in a full blown thunderstorm, getting lost, driving into a creepy house you see in scary movies and never seeing the lake. After a period of courtship, long distance, moving cities, night shifts ( Caleb wants to emphasize not once, but twice!), finding Witten, our continuous pursuit of God and each other, here we are, finally finding our way back to the lake.

Our long overdue engagement started similarly to our first date with less than perfect weather. After arriving in San Deigo and driving three hours down the Baja, we expected to blue sea and sunny skies. Instead, we were greeted by gray clouds and rain. I decided that instead of proposing under those conditions, we would spend the next two days dining on lobsters and destroying marrgaaarrriiitassss. Fast forward two days and we found ourselves back in San Diego, finally enjoying the sunshine! Next thing she knew I was on one knee and we were beginning one of the greatest chapter of our lives.