WE’RE FINALLY GETTING MARRIED!

We met in 2008 at Springfield College when Dom was doing a project with Elise’s roommate. Well, he was supposed to be helping with a project but in reality he was passed out on Elise’s bed uninvited. Fast forward to 2013. We reconnected on facebook of all places and set up a meet up in Stamford CT. We were about to go out for what would have been our “first date” but the very friendly Mr. D insisted on taking us out to dinner. 3 months later (5/4/2013) at the stone chapple at the Trapp Family Lodge Dom wrote a message on a peice of white beerch bark. “Please God let Elise and I have a happy, healthy relationship.” Since then, Elise moved to CT from VT to be closer (she was honestly just sick of the 5 hour drive both ways to see Dom). Elise and Dom moved to Saint Charles IL, then to Aurora IL where Yogi joined their family. Life has been none stop and always an adventure. 9/17/2019 Dom and Elise show up early for a dinner reservation with his sister and brother in-law and decide to take a walk on the beach. When all of a sudden they come across a bottle in the sand. Dom told Elise to open the bottle. When she opens the bottle there is a note on a peice of paper made to look like white birch bark. When she opened the note it said “will you marry me?” Elise turned around to find Dom on one knee. The surprises were not over after a very shocked, tearful YES! The rest of that weekend was spent celebrating with both families. Now the day has finally come to make things offical! LET’S FINALLY DO THIS!!!