We’re getting married!

Ella and Patrick proposed to Helen at the NC Arboretum on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018. Helen was throwing a stick to their dog Cotton Candy, when she turned around, both Ella and Patrick were holding the ring. Ella asked Helen to be her step-mom forever and Patrick asked if Helen would marry both of them. Helen took a second too long to answer because of her happy tears and Ella impatiently asks, “Are you going to say yes?” And the rest is history.