Our story starts at Indian Hills elementary in the early 90s with Dan a grade ahead of me. We knew of each other through school and over the years became friends through mutual friends. We kept in touch over the years but eventually lost contact. In that time, Dan lived in Spain and became a dad to Joe. Theresa traveled a bunch and moved up in her job as an automotive Buyer. Ultimately, our friendship brought us back together in late 2017 - where friendship evolved into love...
Fast forward to February 9th, 2019 - Dan and I were in Costa Rica for vacation. We were a few days into a stay near the Arenal volcano and we had a planned day for a massage and wading into the hot springs at the Tabacón Spa. Dan played off a surprise overnight stay at the spa’s hotel for the two of us as an early birthday present. We got to our room & Dan had coordinated decorations for the room overlooking the rainforest. I thought “kind of overkill for a birthday” and nervously paid attention as the bellman rattled off the amenities (he didn’t take the hint). Once the bellman left, Dan got down on his knee and I responded “of course!”