It was the 13th day of October, the leaves were crisp and the bars in Iowa City were packed. Karena and Luke were out separately with their friends but fate brought them both to Pints to close out the night. Luke pulled some smooth moves in his hot magenta shirt with the floral pocket. They bantered back and forth for a few minutes and then Luke said it. The romantic question Karena was waiting for her entire life... "Do you want a tequila shot?" The rest is history.

Luke convinced Karena that he had planned a surprise date night to celebrate their 5th anniversary with reservations for a fancy dinner. Little did Karena know, Luke had ulterior plans involving a gondola, drone, message in a bottle & the same hot magenta shirt he wore the night they met. As they boarded the gondola, a photographer approached them and asked if she could ride along to take some shots for a brochure since her models had no-showed...of course gullible Karena bought it..."we're going to be brochure-famous!". A couple of champagne glasses later and the gondolier asked Karena to grab a glass object out of the water so it didn't damage the boat...somehow she managed to crawl to the front and successfully retrieve the bottle against her uncoordinated instincts to fall in. As this was taking place, Luke was frantically stripping off his upper two layers of shirts, momentarily thinking he dropped the ring into the ocean & noticing that a crowd had formed to watch the big moment from nearby balconies. Karena said yes as a drone buzzed overhead, the crowd erupted in cheers & the song "Dancing in the Moonlight" played on a speaker. A fitting level of commotion for those who know the couple well ;) Watch the Proposal Video: https://www.facebook.com/luke.c.denny/videos/10214924028552294/