We're so excited to celebrate with you! Let's dance.

Like all the cool kids do these days, DJ and I met online. The same night we started messaging, we met up for drinks, and the rest is history! Over a year later, we were talking about that night, and I mentioned that I loved that his first question was whether it's Aleesha or Aleeseeuh. DJ's take? "Ugh, I told myself that if it was Aleeseeuh, I was getting up and leaving right there. Too much work. That's way too many syllables for 6 letters." But two years later and we're in it to win it! He does call me Alice though. :)

On a random surprise afternoon off together, we decided to take a drive to Tahoe and hike up to Castle Rock, a lookout with some fun rock scrambling and a spectacular view of the lake. On the way up, we talked about whatever (I think bears and Billy Madison both made appearances, amongst other things), and it was just a lovely, relaxing time. We got to the top and climbed around the rocks for a bit, taking pictures and soaking in the sunset. In the midst of enjoying all this neature, I hear "hey" next to me, turn around, and there's DJ with a ring and a smile. I've never had so many happy butterflies as he asked me, in his signature no-frills style, "will you marry me?" I may or may not have responded with an emphatic "f*** yes!" (sorry, mom!!) On the way back, we ran into a group of climbers also headed down - we chatted for a bit, and DJ told them our fun news. Turns out, one of them was a photographer!! He snapped a few shots and we hiked back out (maybe floated is a better description). Can't wait to keep adventuring together!!