We were at the Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska for Mikes graduation for Nebraska State Patrol. The ceremony had completed and all the new troopers were being gathered and going out on the front steps of the Capitol for pictures. I ran down beside Cody Thomas who does media relations for the State Patrol and was taking their pictures. I asked him if he minded if I got pictures also. Unknown to me at this point I was being recorded. I proceed to take pictures and Mike jumped right out of the group and started walking at me. I was asking him what he was doing. (Maybe even telling him to get his ass back in the lineup) 🤣 As this happened I, myself actually snapped a picture of him walking at me with his hand in his pocket pulling the ring out. He walked up to me and got on his knee and asked me to marry him! I was in complete shock and embarrassed at the amount of people around. I of course said yes! Absolutely everybody knew and was in on this. Both our entire families and all our close friends knew. Including the entire Command staff and State Patrol Training Academy staff. Come to find out, the entire pictures thing was staged for the proposal! They had taken all their pictures prior to the ceremony!