Here we go!

Cleasy and I met shortly after I arrived in Austin and started working at PeopleAdmin. She was a recruiter and was always around the office getting to know everyone. We became friends and started hanging out almost every weekend. A few months into working at PeopleAdmin a Smirnoff Ice mysteriously appeared on my desk after a meeting. There was no note and none of my coworkers sitting nearby had seen anyone stop by my desk. This was only the beginning. Over the next few months, Smirnoff after Smirnoff of every flavor started popping up on my desk. It wasn't until a few weeks later at Austin City Limits that I was able to get her to confess to being the culprit. I admit, I was impressed. We began dating shortly after that and I have never been happier. She is the most incredible woman I've ever met and I'm excited to share the rest of my life with her. We have shared some of the best times together and we are thrilled to share this next milestone in our life with all of you. See you in ATX!

We were walking Sheldon early in the week when he mentioned we should go to Mt. Bonnell to take pictures to give to our grandparents for Christmas...It was August. That night I dreamt that he proposed at Mt. Bonnell--I even mentioned the dream to him and he was able to brush it away with a different topic. Friday night we were out to have a belated birthday dinner for me. We reminisced on all the good times we had and what our future would look like in the coming years. I definitely knew something was up when we hurried home and he wanted to go to bed at 9:30 pm. I woke up early Saturday morning with a feeling in my gut that I couldn't shake, but I didn't want to say it out loud. I figured I could get him to spill it by asking him what to wear that day or if we listened to romantic music on the way to the location. In true Ben style, we listened to rap music the whole way. I started to tell myself it wasn't happening, this was just a cute date he had planned. When we arrived it only took us a few steps before we were looking over the cliffside. We stood there for maybe 30 seconds before he squeezed my hand and at that moment I knew exactly what was happening. With a gasping yes we quickly hugged and cried. We spent the rest of the day celebrating with our friends on such a special day. We can't wait to celebrate our love with all of our family and friends in February 2020.