Thomas and I met at work. He worked on ambulance and I worked in dispatch. He came into dispatch one night with his paramedic partner and I was like "oh, hey! look at those dimples. I need to know him!" (thinking all that to myself of course). So, I stalked him on Facebook and sent him a friend request. A little over a year and half later, we started spending time together and eventually started dating (officially).

Thomas insisted I come to his "shift Christmas party." I was getting annoyed because everyone from Knox Co 911 was literally sitting with their eyes glued on the AMR section. I even made the comment that I was going to go home before I said something to someone. LOL . Thomas tells me that they told him he could pick an ornament off the Christmas tree to take home and tried to get me to help him pick it out. I was annoyed and being stubborn, so I refused. Little did I know that he had purchased a special ornament and put it on the tree for me to find. It was two beautiful snowmen with the inscription "Christy, Will you marry me?" He "finds" this ornament on the tree and brings it over to me and is like, "I think this one is good." My jaw dropped when I saw it and I immediately looked up at him and started crying. He got down on one knee, called me by my FULL name (lol), told me how much he loved me and asked me to be his wife. I was crying so hard that I could barely do more than shake my head "yes." I'm so excited that I get to marry my best friend!!

Once we started planning, we quickly realized that there would be no way we could afford to invite everyone we wanted to the wedding. We didn't want to run the risk of hurt feelings or someone feeling left out. With that being said, we have decided to have a very intimate ceremony with just us and family. However, we do want to set aside time to meet up with and celebrate with friends! We will try to organize a night (or nights) to get together with everyone and celebrate our special day!

So...there will be two types of invitations going out in the mail in June. There will be formal invitations - for the actual ceremony - and not so formal invitations - for the "after party." Please do not be upset if you receive a "not so formal invitation." Like we have stated, our actual ceremony is a family affair and we want to be able to celebrate with everyone. Hence, the "after party" at Dave and Busters in Pigeon Forge! We will be able to celebrate, visit with friends and have an amazing time.