We're getting married!

Backstory: Derek and I went to high school at the same time. He was a Senior when I was a freshman. We met on Placer High's swim team and stayed in touch. This memory takes place one year after I graduated high school. Yes-- I know, we've been together for a long time! So here we go; Derek Buda asked me out. My inner high school freshman was ecstatic. He invited me to dinner and a movie and boy was I nervous. I wore my favorite mustard cardigan and headed over to his parent's house because he was visiting home from college. He comes to my car and asks me if I'd mind eating dinner with his family. Wanting to be cool but dying inside, I said yes. Luckily, I knew his dad as my swim coach for years but then he invited his "cousins" to our movie and I was thinking there is no way this guy likes me. We saw Immortals, he held my hand-- things are looking good! We drive back to his place and I think, "Well, this is it"... but then Derek kisses me and not in some pitiful way but in a way that made my knees weak. And that's it. I was in for the long haul. 8 years later and we are elated to celebrate our love with you all.