8/31/2015 IT'S TRUE!! We met on a Dating App. The Secret is Officially Out Mom... We're Sorry. After talking for quite a while, we decided we should go on our first date. We made dinner reservations and plans to meet up. When he arrived, I was so nervous I sent my then roommate down to the parking lot to make sure he didn't seem suspicious, and so that she could get a good look in case he did. She returned and reported that he looked just as nervous, but almost identical to Zach Brown. I went down, met Zach Brown in his jacked up truck, and was gifted with a perfectly wrapped jar of locally made pickles. I knew right then he was the one for me. He even let me drive his truck home that night. Three years later and Dylan still looks like Zach Brown....and still buys me pickles.

12/25/2017 Christmas Morning. Dylan woke up extremely early and couldn't go back to sleep. He tried waking me up at 6, then 7:30, then 8. I could not understand why in the world he was so ready for us to open presents. I finally crawled out of bed looking extremely unkempt and made my way downstairs. Dylan takes one look at me and cautiously asks "Umm... Are you sure you don't want to go get ready before opening presents this year?" to which I quickly replied "No, I'm good. It's just us Dylan!" Little did I know.... So we're getting our gifts organized and the dogs gifts ready for them to find when they come down....and I notice that Dylan has set the GoPro camera up on the mantle. Then, I notice that he has tried to hide it in the garland. And the light is flashing. And OHMYGOSH IT'S FILMING. So I scream for Dylan.... He quickly tells me not to worry! It's to film the dogs as they open their gifts this year. No big deal. It's not really filming me. Don't panic. We're in our pajamas, my hairs a mess, mascara under my eyes, and we are as happy as could be because it is Christmas morning and we're together. We open our presents and the dogs open theirs and it's perfect. Right when I thought we were finished, Dylan says "Wait! I think there's one more!" Jules (our lab/boxer mix) brings me a bright orange bumper toy that read ... Will You Marry My Dad? Then Dylan comes out on his knee crying and asked me to marry him. I said yes! It was absolutely perfect! And now...... there's a video of us in our pajamas, looking crazy, that's now my favorite one of all.