It was December 27th 2018, we had closed on our house that morning and my parents were in town from Florida for Christmas. We had invited his dad and brother as well as my parents over to the house to pray blessing over our new home and to christen it with family and champagne. Although Carlos and I had been together all day he manged to get a dozen red long stem roses in a beautiful vase hiding in the house. Just as we were about to take some photos to document the moment, where we purchased the home of our dreams for our future family, Carlos disappeared only to return with the vase of roses. I thought he got them for the photos but to my surprise when I read the card it had one question. “My Mounds, will you marry me?” When i looked up with tears in my eyes there he was, down on one knee holding the ring....