We actually met on a dating app called Tinder! We both swiped right! Tinder was a last resort for the both of us. After a few days of messaging, he asked me to meet for a drink. I didn't get the message until two days later, but he was still willing to meet. (He thought I was ignoring him and was never going to hear from me again.) We met on my birthday and Thanksgiving. (my birthday falls on Thanksgiving every 7 years.) I finished work and met him at the only Tavern open on Thanksgiving. I ordered chicken fingers and he ordered us birthday shots and no food since he had just come from his families' Thanksgiving dinner. We enjoyed great conversation and he introduced me to the world of comic books, drifting and video games. He was so intriguing, so I gave him another date and it's history from there. We are complete opposites but we balance out so well!

To begin with, Matt and I decided to use my grandmother's ring for our engagement. It's an antique from the 1940s and has such sentimental value to us. Matt took it to a jeweler to be cleaned and I did not see it until he proposed. We took a trip to Thailand that had been 2 years in the making. I did not think he would bring the ring to Thailand in fear of losing it. As we were hiking with our tour group to the top of a waterfall, Matt proposed as we were posing for pictures! I was so shocked! During the hike, Matt had mentioned to one of the girls that he was planning on proposing and asked them to video and take photos. It was a great experience and every single moment is captured which I love!